Economic Espionage Act of 1996

Economic Espionage Act of 1996
Long titleAn Act to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect proprietary economic information, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)EEA, NIIPA
NicknamesNational Information Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996
Enacted bythe 104th United States Congress
EffectiveOctober 11, 1996
Citations
Public law104-294
Statutes at Large110 Stat. 3488
Codification
Titles amended
U.S.C. sections amended
Legislative history
  • Introduced in the House as H.R. 3723 by Bill McCollum (RFL) on June 26, 1996
  • Committee consideration by House Judiciary
  • Passed the House on September 17, 1996 (399-3, Roll call vote 416, via Clerk.House.gov)
  • Passed the Senate on September 18, 1996 (passed unanimous consent) with amendment
  • House agreed to Senate amendment on September 28, 1996 (agreed without objection) with further amendment
  • Senate agreed to House amendment on October 2, 1996 (agreed unanimous consent)
  • Signed into law by President Bill Clinton on October 11, 1996

The Economic Espionage Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104–294 (text) (PDF), 110 Stat. 3488, enacted October 11, 1996) was a 6 title Act of Congress dealing with a wide range of issues, including not only industrial espionage (e.g., the theft or misappropriation of a trade secret and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act), but the insanity defense, matters regarding the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, requirements for presentence investigation reports, and the United States Sentencing Commission reports regarding encryption or scrambling technology, and other technical and minor amendments.