Economic Espionage Prevention Act (HR1486)
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2026-04-22 — Deterring American AI Model Theft Act of 2026: cross-connection with deterring-american-ai-model-theft-act: Adjacent anti-exfiltration frameworks — HR1486 addresses economic espionage generally while HR8283 carves out AI model theft as a distinct protected category. (novelty: 3)
- 2026-07-20 — Stop PRC Economic Espionage Act of 2026: cross-connection with stop-prc-economic-espionage-act: Both target economic-espionage enforcement; HR9789 is PRC-specific while HR1486 is a general enhancement. (novelty: 3)
- 2026-07-16 — Stop PRC Economic Espionage Act of 2026: cross-connection with stop-prc-economic-espionage-act-2026: Both bills address economic espionage concerns; S5024 is the Senate PRC-specific counterpart routed through Judiciary, while HR1486 (Economic Espionage Prevention Act) is the House vehicle. (novelty: 2)
- 2025-05-06 — Economic Espionage Prevention Act: HR1486 authorizes the President to impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on foreign adversary entities engaged in economic espionage, supporting adversary national-security entities, or violating U.S. export controls, and narrows IEEPA informational/travel exemptions for bulk sensitive personal data and connected-software source code. (novelty: 3)