Stop PRC Economic Espionage Act of 2026
Current understanding
The Stop PRC Economic Espionage Act of 2026 (S5024) is a Senate bill targeting economic espionage by the People’s Republic of China. Bill text is minimal at introduction, so specific data-handling obligations and individual data-rights impacts are not yet discernible. Status: introduced — read twice and referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Evidence log
- 2025-03-10 — Disclose GIFT Act: cross-connection with disclose-gift-act: Complementary approaches to countering PRC-linked academic and economic espionage risks through disclosure and enforcement mechanisms. (novelty: 3)
- 2026-07-14 — Blocking CCP Spy Tech Act of 2026: cross-connection with blocking-ccp-spy-tech-act: Parallel 119th Congress measures targeting PRC/CCP-linked intelligence and technology threats. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-05-20 — Blocking CCP Spy Tech Act of 2026: cross-connection with blocking-ccp-spy-tech-act: Parallel Senate efforts targeting PRC/CCP intelligence and technology threats, though this bill focuses on spy technology restrictions rather than economic espionage. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-07-20 — Stop PRC Economic Espionage Act of 2026: cross-connection with stop-prc-economic-espionage-act: Possible duplicate page for the same HR9789 vehicle — synthesis should reconcile which slug is canonical. (novelty: 3)
- 2026-07-16 — Stop PRC Economic Espionage Act of 2026: cross-connection with economic-espionage-prevention-act: Both bills address foreign-adversary economic espionage; the Senate PRC-specific vehicle runs parallel to the House HR1486 approach that narrows IEEPA exemptions for bulk sensitive personal data. (novelty: 2)