United States of America  

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and twelve  

To clarify the scope of the Economic Espionage Act of 1996. 

 

        Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

        This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Theft of Trade Secrets Clarifica-tion Act of 2012’’. 

        Section 1832(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or included in a product that is produced for or placed in’’ and inserting ‘‘a product or service used in or intended for use in’’.   

 

 

                                                                                                                     Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

  

 

                                                                                                                              Vice President of the United States and

                                                                                                                                                                   President of the Senate.