{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mikekennedy.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-kennedy-introduces-legislation-crack-down-chinese-intellectual-property", "Rep. Kennedy  Introduces Legislation to Crack Down on Chinese Intellectual Property Theft", "2025-12-05", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "House", "UT", "Mike Kennedy", "K000403", "mikekennedy.house.gov", "mikekennedy", "https://mikekennedy.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Mike Kennedy (UT-03) introduced the Combatting China\u2019s Pilfering of Intellectual Property (CCP IP) Act alongside Senator Curtis (UT) to protect American innovators by imposing sanctions on Chinese individuals, companies, and organizations engaged in intellectual property (IP) theft. The legislation strengthens U.S. authority to block assets, deny visas, and increase diplomatic pressure on the Chinese Communist Party to end its state-directed campaign to steal and replicate protected American technologies.\n\n\u201cUtah is home to world-class innovators, from startups to global firms whose ideas power our economy. When foreign actors steal those ideas, they aren\u2019t just taking technology; they\u2019re taking jobs, investment, and the future prosperity of our communities,\u201d said Congressman Mike Kennedy. This bill puts real consequences on those who steal American IP and sends a clear message: Utah\u2019s creators and America\u2019s entrepreneurs will be protected.\u201d\n\nBackground:\n\nThe Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) hasfound the annual cost to the U.S. economy of counterfeit goods, pirated software, and theft of trade secrets to be between $225 billion and $600 billion. The FBI has also asserted that China is the \u201cworld\u2019s principal infringer of intellectual property,\u201d and that it \u201cuses its laws and regulations to put foreign companies at a disadvantage and its own companies at an advantage.\u201d\n\nFBI Agent David Fitzgibbons, who covers national security breaches in Idaho, Montana, and Utah, haswarned that the greatest long-term threat in the United States, including Utah, is the CCP. \u201c[The Chinese Communist Party] have a motto of rob, replicate and replace,\u201d Fitzgibbons said. \u201cThey want to steal our trade secrets when it comes to our economy. With our corporations, they want to replicate and eventually replace us in the global marketplace.\u201d\n\nTo address these economic and national security concerns, the CCP IP Act would:\n\nImpose sanctions on any person or entity determined to have engaged in a pattern of significant IP theft from a U.S. person or to have received stolen U.S. IP knowingly.\n\nImpose broad visa and immigration restrictions on CCP and government officials until the Chinese government takes meaningful steps to stop IP theft. U.S. visas would be denied to:\n\nSenior officials of the CCP and their spouses and children\n\nMembers of China\u2019s cabinet of government\n\nActive-duty officers in the People\u2019s Liberation Army\n\nImpose penalties on anyone who attempts or conspires to violate sanctions.\n\nSenator Curtis is leading a version of this legislation in the Senate.", 1, "2026-04-04T05:28:40Z", "2026-04-04T05:30:10Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://mikekennedy.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-kennedy-introduces-legislation-crack-down-chinese-intellectual-property"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9638029150664806, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}