H.R. 1468 · 119th Congress

Protect America’s Innovation and Economic Security from CCP Act

Introduced on Feb 21, 2025 by Lance Gooden (R-TX-5). 13 cosponsors, all from the sponsor's party. Latest action (Jun 15, 2026): Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 607.

Stage
Reported by committee
Introduced
Feb 21, 2025
Cosponsors
13
0 from the other party
Policy area
Crime and Law Enforcement
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To establish the CCP Initiative program, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Advisory bodies
  • Asia
  • China
  • Computer security and identity theft
  • Congressional oversight
  • Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
  • Department of Justice
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Higher education
  • Intellectual property
  • Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
  • Supply chain
  • Trade secrets and economic espionage
  • U.S. and foreign investments

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Reported to House, Jun 15, 2026). Public domain.

Protect America’s Innovation and Economic Security from CCP Act

This bill reestablishes an initiative in the National Security Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to combat espionage, theft of intellectual property and trade secrets, and threats to critical infrastructure posed by the Chinese government. A similar initiative was launched in 2018 and discontinued in 2022.

Specifically, this bill establishes the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) Initiative and sets forth its objectives, including to curb spying by the Chinese Communist Party on U.S. intellectual property and academic institutions; develop an enforcement strategy for technology transfers by nontraditional collectors (e.g., researchers in labs or at universities) to Chinese individuals and entities or their agents contrary to U.S. interests; and address China-related risks arising from foreign investments in U.S. businesses and real estate.

The bill further specifies that the CCP Initiative must prioritize the identification and prosecution of trade secret theft, hacking, and economic espionage; the protection of critical infrastructure in the United States; and the identification of intellectual property theft from U.S. businesses.

Under the bill, the CCP Initiative terminates six years after enactment.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Lance GoodenR-TX-5Sponsor

Republicans · 13

Roll calls

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History

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  1. Feb 21, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Feb 21, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Feb 21, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  4. Mar 26, 2026 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  5. Mar 26, 2026 · HouseOrdered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 14 - 9.
  6. Jun 15, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-699.
  7. Jun 15, 2026 · HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-699.
  8. Jun 15, 2026 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 607.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

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  1. Heritage Action for America1 report
    $100K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.