All 68 Stat. 1219. 62 Stat. 737. TITLE II-DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION RELATING SEC. 201. Section 794 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "(a) Whoever, with intent or reason to believe that it is to be used to the injury of the United States or to the advantage of a foreign nation, communicates, delivers, or transmits, or attempts to communicate, deliver, or transmit, to any foreign government, or to any faction or party or military or naval force within a foreign country, whether recognized or unrecognized by the United States, or to any representative, officer, agent, employee, subject, or citizen thereof, either directly or indirectly, any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blueprint, plan, map, model, note, instrument, appliance, or information relating to the national defense, shall be punished by death or by imprisonment for any term of years or for life. "(b) Whoever, in time of war, with intent that the same shall be communicated to the enemy, collects, records, publishes, or communicates, or attempts to elicit any information with respect to the movement, numbers, description, condition, or disposition of any of the Armed Forces, ships, aircraft, or war materials of the United States, or with respect to the plans or conduct, or supposed plans or conduct of any naval or military operations, or with respect to any works or measures undertaken for or connected with, or intended for the fortification or defense of any place, or any other information relating to the public defense, which might be useful to the enemy, shall be punished by death or by imprisonment for any term of years or for life. "(c) If two or more persons conspire to violate this section, and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each of the parties to such conspiracy shall be subject to the punishment provided for the offense which is the object of such conspiracy." Approved September 3, 1954. To amend subsection (e) (1) of section 13A of the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950 to change from two years to three years the standard contained therein with respect to the past affiliations of individuals conducting the management of certain organizations. Be it enacted by the Senate and Ilouse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That paragraph (1) of subsection (e) of section 13A of the Subversive Activities Control 68 Stat. 778. Act of 1950 is amended by striking out "two years" and inserting "three years" in lieu thereof. Approved July 26, 1955. 50 USC 792a. To provide for five-year terms of office for members of the Subversive Activities Subversive Control Board Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 12 (a) of the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950 is amended by strik- Activities ing out the third sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Tenure Act. "The terms of office of the members of the Board in office on the date 64 Stat. 997. of enactment of the Subversive Activities Control Board Tenure Act 50 USC 791. shall expire at the time they would have expired if such Act had not been enacted. The term of office of each member of the Board appointed after the date of enactment of the Subversive Activities Control Board Tenure Act shall be for five years from the date of expiration of the term of his predecessor, except that (1) the term of office of that member of the Board who is designated by the President and is appointed to succeed one of the two members of the Board whose terms expire on August 9, 1955, shall be for four years from the date of expiration of the term of his predecessor, and (2) the term of office of any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed shall be for the remainder of the term of his predecessor. Upon the expiration of his term of office a member of the Board shall continue to serve until his successor shall have been appointed and shall have qualified." SEC. 2. This Act may be cited as the "Subversive Activities Control Board Tenure Act". Approved August 5, 1955. To amend title 18 of the United States Code, so as to increase the penalties, applicable to seditious conspiracy, advocating overthrow of government, and conspiracy to advocate overthrow of government. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2384 Seitious of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking out "$5,000" conspiracy. and inserting in lieu thereof "$20,000" and by striking out "six years" 62 Stat. 808. and inserting in lieu thereof "twenty years". SEC. 2. Section 2385 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking out "$10,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$20,000" and by striking out "ten years" and inserting in lieu thereof “twenty years” and by adding at the end thereof the following paragraph: "If two or more persons conspire to commit any offense named in this section, each shall be fined not more than $20,000 or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both, and shall be ineligible for employment by the United States or any department or agency thereof, for the five years next following his conviction." 62 Stat. 808. 70 Stat. 623. 70 Stat. 624. SEC. 3. The foregoing amendments shall apply only with respect Effectivity. to offenses committed on and after the date of the enactment of this Act. Approved July 24, 1956 (128) To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide disability insurance benefits for certain disabled individuals who have attained age fifty, to reduce to age sixty-two the age on the basis of which benefits are payable to certain women, to provide for child's insurance benefits for children who are disabled before attaining age eighteen, to extend coverage. and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Social Security United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may Amendments of be cited as the "Social Security Amendments of 1956”. 1956. 49 Stat. 622. 42 USC 402. TITLE I-AMENDMENTS TO TITLE II OF THE SOCIAL SEC. 121. (a) Section 202 of the Social Security Act is amended by Ante, p. 835. adding after subsection (t) (added by section 118 of this Act) the following new subsection: 62 Stat. 736, 798, 807. 64 Stat. 991. 50 USC 783, 822, 823. Ante, p. 815. 68 Stat. 1142. 5 USC 740b7401. "Conviction of Subversive Activities, Etc. "(u) (1) If any individual is convicted of any offense (committed after the date of the enactment of this subsection) under "(A) chapter 37 (relating to espionage and censorship), chapter 105 (relating to sabotage), or chapter 115 (relating to treason, sedition, and subversive activities) of title 18 of the United States Code, or "(B) section 4, 112, or 113 of the Internal Security Act of 1950, as amended, then the court may, in addition to all other penalties provided by law, impose a penalty that in determining whether any monthly insurance benefit under this section or section 223 is payable to such individual for the month in which he is convicted or for any month thereafter, and in determining the amount of any such benefit payable to such individual for any such month, there shall not be taken into account "(C) any wages paid to such individual or to any other individual in the calendar quarter in which such conviction occurs or in any prior calendar quarter, and "(D) any net earnings from self-employment derived by such individual or by any other individual during a taxable year in which such conviction occurs or during any prior taxable year. "(2) As soon as practicable after an additional penalty has, pursuant to paragraph (1), been imposed with respect to any individual, the Attorney General shall notify the Secretary of such imposition. "(3) If any individual with respect to whom an additional penalty has been imposed pursuant to paragraph (1) is granted a pardon of the offense by the President of the United States, such additional penalty shall not apply for any month beginning after the date on which such pardon is granted." (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) of this section shall not be construed to restrict or otherwise affect any of the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to prohibit payments of annuities to officers and employees of the United States convicted of certain offenses, and for other purposes", approved September 1, 1954 (Public Law 769, Eighty-third Congress). 130 All 70 Stat. 839. (c) Section 210 (a) of the Social Security Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(17) Service in the employ of any organization which is performed (A) in any quarter during any part of which such organization is registered, or there is in effect a final order of the Subversive Activities Control Board requiring such organiza 42 USC 410. tion to register, under the Internal Security Act of 1950, as 50 USC 781 amended, as a Communist-action organization, a Communist- note. front organization, or a Communist-infiltrated organization, and (B) after June 30, 1956." 26 USC 3121. (d) Section 3121 (b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 is 68A Stat. 417, amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: 423. "(17) service in the employ of any organization which is performed (A) in any quarter during any part of which such organization is registered, or there is in effect a final order of the Subversive Activities Control Board requiring such organization to register, under the Internal Security Act of 1950, as 50 USC 781 amended, as a Communist-action organization, a Communist- note. front organization, or a Communist-infiltrated organization, and (B) after June 30, 1956." Approved August 1, 1956. |