Protect America’s Innovation and Economic Security from CCP Act of 2025

Key Points

• This bill creates a dedicated program called the CCP Initiative inside the Justice Department's National Security Division. Its core mission is to stop the Chinese Communist Party from stealing American technology, trade secrets, and intellectual property from universities, labs, and businesses.
• The program would develop enforcement strategies targeting "nontraditional collectors" like researchers in universities and defense industry labs who may be transferring sensitive technology to China. It also prioritizes prosecuting hackers, spies, and those stealing trade secrets.
• The Justice Department would be required to investigate investments by Chinese companies on the Entity List or identified as Chinese military companies operating in the U.S., including their subsidiaries, and report findings to the Commerce or Defense secretaries.
• The initiative gets its own ring-fenced funding and staff that cannot be shared with other Justice Department programs. The Attorney General must submit annual reports to Congress covering progress, resource use, and an assessment of economic losses from Chinese hacking and theft.
• The program would automatically expire six years after becoming law, giving Congress a built-in opportunity to evaluate whether the initiative is working before deciding to renew it.

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