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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1831. Economic espionage
(a) In General. - Whoever, intending or knowing that the offense
will benefit any foreign government, foreign instrumentality, or
foreign agent, knowingly -
(1) steals, or without authorization appropriates, takes,
carries away, or conceals, or by fraud, artifice, or deception
obtains a trade secret;
(2) without authorization copies, duplicates, sketches, draws,
photographs, downloads, uploads, alters, destroys, photocopies,
replicates, transmits, delivers, sends, mails, communicates, or
conveys a trade secret;
(3) receives, buys, or possesses a trade secret, knowing the
same to have been stolen or appropriated, obtained, or converted
without authorization;
(4) attempts to commit any offense described in any of
paragraphs (1) through (3); or
(5) conspires with one or more other persons to commit any
offense described in any of paragraphs (1) through (3), and one
or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the
conspiracy,
shall, except as provided in subsection (b), be fined not more than
$500,000 or imprisoned not more than 15 years, or both.
(b) Organizations. - Any organization that commits any offense
described in subsection (a) shall be fined not more than
$10,000,000.
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