LAWS

RELATING TO

ESPIONAGE,
SABOTAGE, Etc.

Compiled by

GILMAN G. UDELL

Superintendent, Document Room
House of Representatives

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1966

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office
Washington, D.C. 20402 Price 45 cents

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CONTENTS

Public Law No. 24, 65th Cong., approved June 15, 1917.

1917..

Public Law No. 135, 65th Cong., approved Apr. 20, 1918.

injury or destruction of war materials.

Public Law No. 150, 65th Cong., approved May 16, 1918.

Espionage Act of 1917.

To repeal Es-

Public Res. 64 (Extract), 66th Cong., approved Mar. 3, 1921.

pionage Act of 1917 as amended and to revive and restore provisions of Sec.

3 of Act of 1917.

Public Law No. 418, 75th Cong., approved Jan. 12, 1938. Prohibit making

photographs, maps, etc., of vital military and naval installations_

Public Law No. 583, 75th Cong., approved June 8, 1938. Foreign Agents Reg-

istration Act...

Public Law No. 443, 76th Cong., approved Mar. 28, 1940. To amend Espi-

onage Act of 1917 as amended to increase penalities for peacetime violations.

Public Law No. 670, 76th Cong., approved June 28, 1940. Alien Registration

Act of 1940..

Public Law No. 886, 76th Cong., approved Nov. 30, 1940.
Apr. 20, 1918. Act to punish willful injury or destruction
Public Law No. 234, 77th Cong., approved Aug. 21, 1941.
Apr. 20, 1918_.

Public Law No. 532, 77th Cong., approved Apr. 29, 1942.
eign Agents Registration Act of 1938.

Public Law No. 706, 77th Cong., approved Aug. 24, 1942.
utes of Limitations in cases involving offenses relating to
Public Law No. 844, 77th Cong., approved Dec. 24, 1942.
of Apr. 20, 1918.

To amend Act of
of war materials__
To amend Act of

Amends the For-

To amend the Act

Suspending Stat-

conspiracy, etc.-

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Public Law No. 384, 78th Cong., approved June 30, 1944. To implement

jurisdiction of service courts of friendly foreign forces within the United States-

Public Law No. 110, 81st Cong., approved June 20, 1949. Central Intelligence

Agency Act of 1949.

To amend section 6

Public Law No. 53, 82d Cong., approved June 26, 1951.

of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949-

Public Law No. 513, 81st Cong., approved May 13, 1950.

sures of information concerning the cryptographic systems

tion intelligence activities of the United States.

Public Law No. 831, 81st Cong., became law Sept. 23, 1950.

Act of 1950..

Public Law No. 395, 82d Cong., approved June 18, 1952.

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establishment of facilities necessary for the detention of aliens in the adminis-

tration and enforcement of the immigration laws --

Public Law No. 516, 82d Cong., approved July 12, 1952. To amend sub-

section (d) of section 12 of the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950____

Public Law No. 99, 83rd Cong., approved June 30, 1953. To increase Espi-

onage Penalities for sabotage of war materials under Emergency War Powers

Act..

To amend Internal

Public Law No. 264, 83rd Cong., approved Aug. 13, 1953.

To amend Espi-

onage Act of 1917, relative illegal exportation, seizure, etc., of war materials_

Public Law No. 557, 83rd Cong., approved July 29, 1954.

Security Act of 1950, relative to Printing Presses

Public Law No. 772, 83rd Cong., approved Sept. 3, 1954.

1954, persons convicted of treason against U.S. to forfeit

Public Law No. 637, 83rd Cong., approved Aug. 24, 1964.

Act of 1954.

Expatriation Act of

U.S. Citizenship----

Communist Control

Public Law No. 777, 83rd Cong., approved Sept. 3, 1954. Espionage and

Sabotage Act of 1954, pertaining to War and Defense Materials Premises,

and Utilities..

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