,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bdff  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bj1 #bjac ,ms4
 ,lofgren introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend   
title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code to     
provide for strengthened protections    
against theft of trade secrets1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,private ,right
 of ,action ,against ,theft of ,trade   
,secrets ,act of #bjac4  #b4            
,strengthening protooecootion against   
theft of trade secrets ,section #ahcb of
 title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is   
amended by inserting after subsection   
7b7 the following3  7c7 ,any person who 
suffers injury by reason of a violation 
of this section may maintain a civil    
action against the violator to obtain   
appropriate compensatory damages and    
injunctive relief or other equitable    
relief4 ,no action may be brought under 
this subsection unless such action is   

begun within #b years of the date of the
 act complained of or the date of the   
discovery of the damage4  7d7 ,for      
purposes of this section1 the term      
without authorization shall not mean    
independent derivation or working       
backwards from a lawfully obtained known
 product or service to divine the       
process which aided its development or  
manufacture4  4