House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Stop PRC Economic Espionage Act of 2026
Official title: To amend section 1839 of title 18, United States Code, to provide that an entity domiciled in a foreign adversary country is a foreign instrumentality for purposes of the prohibition on economic espionage under such section.
Sponsor: Rep. John Moolenaar R-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 20, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 20, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9789.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MOOLENAAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 118, July 20, 2026, Page H4682):``clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 20, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 59 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9789, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9789
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 4, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Republican
0 of 1 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Moolenaar.
- H.R. 2306 (119th) Adams Memorial-Great American Heroes Act
- H.R. 1082 (119th) Shandra Eisenga Human Cell and Tissue Product Safety Act
- H.R. 9642 (119th) Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act
- H.R. 1723 (119th) Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2025
- H.R. 8730 (119th) Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026
- H.Res. 63 (119th) Expressing support for the designation of the week of January 26 through February 1, 2025, as "National School Choice Week".
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.