Foreign Adversary Federal Offense Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4081 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4081 To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish mandatory minimum penalties for economic and defense espionage when committed on behalf of foreign adversaries. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 23, 2025 Mr. Harrigan (for himself, Mr. Knott, and Mr. Baird) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish mandatory minimum penalties for economic and defense espionage when committed on behalf of foreign adversaries. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Foreign Adversary Federal Offense Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. ECONOMIC ESPIONAGE. Section 1831 of title 18, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in subsection (a), in the matter following paragraph (5), by striking ``except as provided in subsection (b),'' and inserting ``except as provided in subsection (b) or (c),''; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ``(c) Special Penalties.--The following additional penalties shall apply in the case of an offense under subsection (a): ``(1) Whoever commits such an offense to advance the interests of a covered nation (as such term is defined in section 4872 of title 10) shall, except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2), be-- ``(A) fined not more than $5,000,000 or imprisoned not less than 10 years and not more than 15 years, or both, and shall be ineligible for supervised release; or ``(B) if the offense resulted in severe harm to economic or national security fined not more than $5,000,000 or imprisoned not less than 10 years and not more than 20 ye