“Chinese economic espionage against the United States has been increasing and it has been increasing rapidly,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions said.

The report is expected to detail a series of security recommendations that the government should consider to protect future U.S. elections from a myriad of different threats, including foreign hacking attempts.

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers wants to bar the federal government from mandating “backdoors,” or configurations that enable surveillance, in commercial software and hardware products.

The new task force is expected to deliver a report by the end of June about how DOJ is currently dealing with cyberthreats and how it can improve.