US HB3326 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress

US Congress House Bill 3326 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 105-59-1)
Status: Introduced on July 29 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-10-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2015 This bill amends the federal criminal code to create a private civil cause of action for trade secret misappropriation. Specifically, the bill authorizes a trade secret owner to file a civil action in a U.S. district court seeking relief for trade secret misappropriation related to a product or service in interstate or foreign commerce. It establishes remedies, such as an injunction and damages. The statute of limitation is set at five years from the date of discovery of the misappropriation. A trade secret owner may apply for and a court may grant a seizure order to prevent dissemination of the trade secret if the court makes specific findings, including that an immediate and irreparable injury will occur if seizure is not ordered. A court must take custody of the seized materials and hold a seizure hearing within seven days. Any party harmed by the order may move to dissolve or modify the order and may also seek relief against the applicant of the seizure order for wrongful or excessive seizure. The Department of Justice must submit to Congress and publish a biannual report on trade secret theft outside the United States. The bill expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) trade secret theft occurs in the United States and around the world, (2) trade secret theft harms owner companies and their employees, and (3) the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 applies broadly to protect trade secrets from theft.

Title

Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2015

Sponsors

Rep. Doug Collins [R-GA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. George Holding [R-NC]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]
Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]
Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]	Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]
Rep. Tom Reed [R-NY]	Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]	Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]	Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]	Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Patrick McHenry [R-NC]	Rep. Mimi Walters [R-CA]	Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]
Rep. Pedro Pierluisi [N-PR]	Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]	Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]	Rep. Mike Pompeo [R-KS]
Rep. Billy Long [R-MO]	Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]	Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]	Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]	Rep. Ken Buck [R-CO]	Rep. Ralph Abraham [R-LA]	Rep. Mark Takai [D-HI]
Rep. John Ratcliffe [R-TX]	Rep. Earl Carter [R-GA]	Rep. Mike Bost [R-IL]	Rep. Jason Smith [R-MO]
Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]	Rep. Eric Crawford [R-AR]	Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]	Rep. Stephen Knight [R-CA]
Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]	Rep. Mike Bishop [R-MI]	Rep. Ann Wagner [R-MO]	Rep. John Carney [D-DE]
Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA]	Rep. Trent Kelly [R-MS]	Rep. Devin Nunes [R-CA]	Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]
Rep. David Valadao [R-CA]	Rep. Rod Blum [R-IA]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]
Rep. David Rouzer [R-NC]	Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]	Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]	Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]
Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Jackie Walorski [R-IN]	Rep. Dan Newhouse [R-WA]	Rep. Randy Neugebauer [R-TX]
Rep. Frank Lucas [R-OK]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]	Rep. Steve Womack [R-AR]	Rep. Barry Loudermilk [R-GA]	Rep. Jeff Denham [R-CA]
Rep. Rick Allen [R-GA]	Rep. Brad Wenstrup [R-OH]	Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]
Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Matt Salmon [R-AZ]	Rep. Darin LaHood [R-IL]
Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Brad Ashford [D-NE]	Rep. Bradley Byrne [R-AL]	Rep. Tom Graves [R-GA]
Rep. David Trott [R-MI]	Rep. Robert Dold [R-IL]	Rep. Jason Chaffetz [R-UT]	Rep. Jody Hice [R-GA]
Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]	Rep. Jim Jordan [R-OH]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]
Rep. John Moolenaar [R-MI]	Rep. Bruce Poliquin [R-ME]	Rep. Charles Boustany [R-LA]	Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO]
Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Luke Messer [R-IN]	Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]
Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Renee Ellmers [R-NC]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. John Katko [R-NY]
Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R-OH]	Rep. Robert Pittenger [R-NC]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC]
Rep. Carlos Curbelo [R-FL]	Rep. James Renacci [R-OH]	Rep. Tom Emmer [R-MN]	Rep. David Young [R-IA]
Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]	Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]	Rep. Frank Guinta [R-NH]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]
Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. Mark Walker [R-NC]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]
Rep. Dave Brat [R-VA]	Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]	Rep. Evan Jenkins [R-WV]	Rep. Randy Hultgren [R-IL]
Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]
Rep. Ryan Costello [R-PA]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]
Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]
Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]	Rep. Bill Flores [R-TX]
Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. David Reichert [R-WA]	Rep. Bill Shuster [R-PA]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-10-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
2015-07-29	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2015-07-29	House	Introduced in House