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

This bill creates a new program inside the Department of Justice to protect American ideas, research, and key systems from spying and theft tied to the Chinese Communist Party. It focuses on stopping trade secret theft, hacking, and economic espionage; protecting critical infrastructure; and helping small businesses and universities keep their technology safe. The program will also look into risky foreign investments, work with the Treasury Department on investment rules, and check for corruption cases involving Chinese companies that compete with U.S. businesses. The Justice Department must coordinate with the FBI and other agencies, keep this program separate with its own resources, and report each year to Congress on progress, challenges, coordination with other agencies, the CCP’s use of drones, and the economic harm from hacking and theft. The law would take effect right away and end after six years.

Key points:

• Who is affected: U.S. businesses (especially small businesses), universities and labs, critical infrastructure, and federal law enforcement agencies.
• What changes: A dedicated DOJ program targets spying, trade secret theft, hacking, and risky investments linked to the CCP; it works with Treasury on investment rules; checks for anti-corruption cases; and investigates investments by Chinese companies on U.S. restricted lists, reporting findings to the Commerce and Defense Departments.
• Oversight: DOJ must file a yearly report to Congress on results, resources, coordination, CCP drone use, and estimated U.S. losses from hacking and theft.
• When: Starts on enactment; ends six years later.