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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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112TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 112-610
FOREIGN AND ECONOMIC ESPIONAGE PENALTY
ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2012
JULY 19, 2012.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. SMITH of Texas, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 6029]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill
(H.R. 6029) to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for
increased penalties for foreign and economic espionage, and for
other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably there-
on without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose and Sum m ary ........................................................................................... 1
Background and Need for the Legislation ............................................................ 2
H earings ................................................................................................................... 6
Com m ittee Consideration ....................................................................................... 6
C om m ittee V otes ...................................................................................................... 6
Com m ittee Oversight Findings ............................................................................... 6
New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ...................................................... 6
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate .......................................................... 6
Performance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 8
Advisory on Earm arks ............................................................................................ . 8
Section-by-Section Analysis .................................................................................... 8
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 8
Purpose and Summary
H.R. 6029, the Foreign and Economic Espionage Penalty En-
hancement Act of 2012, amends the Federal criminal code to com-
bat the significant and growing threat presented by criminals who
engage in espionage on behalf of foreign adversaries and competi-
tors. The bill amends § 1831(a) of title 18, United States Code, to
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