Economic Espionage Act of 1996
| Long title | An Act to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect proprietary economic information, and for other purposes. |
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| Acronyms (colloquial) | EEA, NIIPA |
| Nicknames | National Information Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996 |
| Enacted by | the 104th United States Congress |
| Effective | October 11, 1996 |
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| Public law | 104-294 |
| Statutes at Large | 110 Stat. 3488 |
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| U.S.C. sections amended |
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The Economic Espionage Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104–294 (text) (PDF), 110 Stat. 3488, enacted October 11, 1996) was a 6 title Act of Congress dealing with a wide range of issues, including not only industrial espionage (e.g., the theft or misappropriation of a trade secret and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act), but the insanity defense, matters regarding the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, requirements for presentence investigation reports, and the United States Sentencing Commission reports regarding encryption or scrambling technology, and other technical and minor amendments.