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ANNEX "J" TO APPENDIX "A" 

PROPOSED BILL RELATING TO THE INTERNAL SECURITY UF TEE U.S. 

REC01•1MENDED BY THE IN'I'ERDEPARTl{ENTAL INTELLIGENCE COl:l.UTTEE, 

CbKP---osED OF E.EPRESENTATrvESoF ARMY ~~ NAVYINTELLIGENCE AND ---- THE F. B. I. -----

APPROVED BY SECRETARIES L-F WAR AXD THE "AA.VY AND DIRECTOR OF F.B.I. 

SPONSuRED BY TEE DEPA...~TMENT OF JUSTICE IN C0NJUNCTION WITH W.AR 

AND NAVY. . 

THE BILL WOULD: 

1. Amend section l(d) of the Espt~rnr,e Act r.f 1917 (50 u.s.c. 

31 (d)) to c~ver the unlawful dissemination cf information relating t~ ncticnal defense ~nd tC' pr~vide that only those with lawful possessi~n cf the nati~nal def~nse items enumerated therein 

mc.y retain t:hem subject tC"· pr('.\per demand therefor; 

Amend section l(e) ~f the Espi~nage Act (50 u.s.c. 3l(e)) 

t("I provide the.t unle..wful pcssessors r.f enumere.ted nE:.tir.nal de-

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fense items must surrender pnssession thereof to the proper persons w1th~ut. demend; 

Add a sect1nn "(f)" to section l nf the Espionage Act tc 

prnvide a penalty fnr net repC"rtihg theft, lo.ss, abstraction, or 

destructi~n ~f enumerated nPt1onal defense items; 

Amend sectit"n 4 of the Eepit:'no.ge Act (50 u.s.c. 34) t0 inol~de eect1~n 1 (50 u.s.c 31) ~f the act within the o~n~~iracy 

prov1s1cm. 

2. Prcv1de th~-t an indictment fC'lr o. v1c.1ation rr the Espionage Act in the ·future me.y be fC\und E.t any. time w1 th~ut regard to . . 

any statute ot 11m1tat1cins (Secs. 2 and 3 ct bill). 

3. Require persvne tre1ned in espionege or sabctage by 

· tore1gn Country to reg1steJ- Wlder J'"reign .Agents Reg1etre.t1nn'.~. · 

Act E'.nd pN-vide that failure tr- register under the act she.11 be 

cC'ns1dered a C("lnt1nu1ng otfense 1 thus remf'ving it :trcm the statute ?f, 11in1tat1C'ns. (Seo. 4) . . . . 

4. :·Authorize ArmY and Navy Intelligence and F.B.I. to aoqq1.r:e.'.:w1re and raa.1o":oenmu1n1cat1rins 1n 1r'l.terest cit national . . ····-·. . 

Info~t1on ttius r.bte._1.ned could be.d1v11lged and used · .. ~ ..... r . ···~· :586/2 - fl1 - Annex .•J• t<> Appendix 'A' 

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in evidence ~nly in the ab~ve interest and when the Gcverru:ient 

1s c pr.:rty, under pennlty rr $10,000 fine rnd two yecrs 1 1opr1son-

!!lent. (sec. 5) 

5. Re-enact Act r·t June 9, 1943 (50 u.s.c. 1312), which expires June 30, 1947, as perm~nent leg1slat1~n. Em~~wers Sec'y. 

C'f the ?:e.vy pursuent tr:'t lawtul authrrity tt' promulgate t'rd.ers 

rcr security ~r vessels and waterfront facilities. (Sec. 6) 

6. Ernp~wer Sec 1 y. rf War pursuant to lnwful authority to 

prc~ulgate orders fer security or aircraft and air r~c111t1es. 

(Sec, ?) 

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• A BILL 

Releting to t~e internal ~ecurity of 

the United States 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of R~uresentF.ti ves 

of -~-·~e .. United States c-.f America in Congress assembled. That 

subeectlone (d) and (e) of section one and section four of 

Title I of the Act entitled ''An Act To punish e.cts of inte:--

terence with the foreign relations, the neutrality, and the 

foreign commerce or the United States, to punish espionage, and 

better to enforce the criminal laws of the United States, and ror 

other purposes", ap~roved June 15, 1917, as amended (50 u.s.c . 

. 31, 34), be and the same are hereby amended to read as follows: 

"(d) whoever, lawfully eP-aAlawi!a±ly having posression 

ot, access to, control over, or being entrusted with any document, writing, code boo:t, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic neg~tive, blue print, plan, map, model, 

1nstrwnent, ap~liance, e~ ncte, or information relating to 

,the nati· nal defense, willfully communicr.tes or transmits 

or attmepts to communice.te or transmit t~-1e sar:~e to any person not entitled to receive it, or willful-ly retains the 

same and tails to deliver it on demand to the cfficer or ~loyee or the United States entitled to receive it; or 

{ e} whnever unlawru11: 11~.ving popsession Of I access to 1 

pontrol over, or being ~ntrusted with eny document, writing, code boo~. @ignal bonk, sltetch. photograph. uhotogranhic neg3tive. bl~t pr1nt. plan. map. model. instrument, ap~li­

_oooe 1 not1 I or tntormation relet1og to the natif nal defense I 

willfully C911r'Jllllll2a~§S or transmits or attem~ts to com- municate gr tra.namit t~e same tQ any person net entitled to 

rege1ve 1$~.,o;: willt1.1llY retain§ :tr.~ ea.me and fails to def'> c C'.lr o o th it d tate 

o v 1 · or . w:1oever, being entrusted 

with ~r having lawful possession or control of any document, ~1t1ng, cod~ book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photo- graphic negc.t1ve, blue print, pl::-.n, mc.y, model, note, or 

1ntorme.t1on, rele.ting to tre national defense 1 ill thrcugh gro~s negligence permits the same to be removed from its 

proper place ot custody ~r delivered to anyone in violation 

ot his trust, or to be lost, stolen, abstracted, or destroy- ed, 0£ (2) h@.V1ng ltnnwledge tbat the S@me has been removed 

trom 1ts proper place of custody or delivered to e-.nyone in 

Yiol,atlon or his trust, or lost.· stolen, abstracted, or destroze~ and tails to make promut report thereof to his 

su.perior oft\oer, s~all be punished by imprisonment for not 

more than 10 years and roay, 1n the discretion of the court, 

be fined not more than llO,OOO." 

~Seo. 4. If two ~r more persons conApire to viclate 

the provisions ~t section one, two ~r three or this title, ~nd ~ne or mQre ct such perecine does any act to effect the 

object ot the conspiracy, each of the :parties to such conspiracy shall be punished ae in said sections provided in 

the case cf the do1ng cf tl~e act the .accomplishment <:if which 

is the object or such conspiracy. Except as abcve prcvided oonsp1rac1es to commit orrenses under this title shall be 

punished as !.)rovided by section thirty-seven cf the Act to 

codify, revise, and a~end tr.e penal laws of the United Sta1ea 

ap:0roved Harch fturt.h, nineteen hundred and nine." 

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Sect inn 2. An indict:.~ent fr r e.ny vlt".lll'..til')n r:·f sectlrns 

1, 2, 3, 0r 4 ~f Title I of the Act entitled "An Act To punish 

acts r·f interference with t!:"le f".'·reign relatl!'ns, the neutrality, 

and the foreign c~mmerce of the United States, to punish es~i,nag~ 

Pnd better tr enfnrce the criminal laws cf the United States, and. 

f~r ~ther purposes", approved June 15, 191? (40 Stat. 21?), as 

e.I!lended (50 u.s.c. 31-34), m~y be found ~t any time withcut regard tr· any statute er limi ta.tiC'ns. This section shall nrt 

authrrize prosecution, trial err punishment for any C'ffense nc·w 

barred by the provis1~ns c.r existing law. 

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Section 3. Section 1044 of the Revised Statutes of the 

United States, as emended (18 u.s.c. 582), is hereby further 

amended to read as foll~ws: 

"Secticn 1044. NC' pers~n shall be prcsecuted, tried, 

or punished f~r p..ny ~ffense n0t capital or nC't a.rising under 

the provisinns ~r S§Cti~ns 1. 2, 3. ~r 4 ~f Title I cf the 

Act entitled 'An Act To punish acts ~f interference with the 

fc:-reign relat1cms, the neutre.li ty, e.nd the foreign c~llll:ieroe 

(If the United States. to Punish espionage, and better tc enforce the criminal laws C'f the United Ste.tea and fer cthe:r 

u oses• I'C'V d une 15 1917 40 tat. 217 as emended 

50 • 1-34 , except as prrvided in section 1046, unless the indictment is fr:-und, r-r the 1nfrrmaticn is instituted, within three years next after such ~ffense shall have 

been committed: Pr~v1ded, That nc-thing herein crnta1ned 

shall apply to any ("offense f!'r which E'J1 1nd1otment hr~s been heret~rore f~und ~r an 1nformatirn instituted, er tr. uny proceedings under s.ny such indictment ~r 1nfr.rmat1~n~ 

Section 4. The Act rt June a, 1938 (52 Stat. 631; 22 U.S.C. 

6]:.1-621), entitled "An Act To require t.he regist:ratlr.n rf certaln 

persons empl~yed by.agencies t~ disseminate propaganda in the 

United States, end r~r other purpcses", as amended, is hereby 

further amended as r~11ows: 

(a) Strike out the word "end" at the end ~f Section l(o)(3), 

insert the word "and" at the end ~r section l(c)(4), and add the 

fcll('Wirig subsection immediately after Section l(c)(4): 

B(d): 

1 (5) any pers~n who has kn"'wledge ~r or has received 

instructicn in the espit'nage, ocunter-espionage, or sabotage _service ~r tactics ct a gnvernment ~r a foreign ccuntry or a 

foreign ~ol1t1cal party;" ' 

(b) Add the tollt'\w1ng subsection immediately after Section 

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"S(e) Failure • tr file a registrati~n statement er 

supplements theret~ as required by sect1~n 2(a) and section 

2(b) shall be c~nsidered a c~ntinu1ng ~ftense t~r as long 

es such failure exists, notwithstanding any statute 0r 

limitaticn nr ~ther statute t" the contr~.r7." 

SectiC\n 5(a). The Directer c·t the Federal Bureau C"t Investigation ~t the Department r.f ~ustioe, the Director ~t the 

Military Intelligence Division ~f the War Department, the 

Assistant Chief ~r Air Statf-2, Headquarters, Army Air F~roes, 

and the Chief ~f the Office ct Naval,Intell1gence er the Navy 

Department are authr·rized, in the ccnduct C'f investigatiC'ns to 

ascertain, prevent, or frustrate an7 1nterterence er ~Y attenpts 

or plans fC'r interference with the nati~nal security and defense by treas~n, sabcltage, esp1~nage, seditious o~nspirac7, 

viOls,tions 0t neutral1 ty laws, v1.,let1f'ns C'f the Act requiring 

the reg1strat1an ot agents (f r~reign principals (Act ct June 

8 1 1938, as runended (52 Stat.· 631)), violatinns ot the Act 

requiring the registration ~r organizations carrying en certain 

activities within the United Ste.tee (Act r-t October 17, 1940 

(54 Stat. ·1201)), "r 1n P.ny other mMner, t<" require that telegrams, cablegrams, radiograms, ~r other wire ("r rad.le communicatil'."·ns and ce-pies or recr:·rds there<"'f, or that any information obtained by means r.f intercepting, listening in on, or 

rec~rding telephcne, telegraph, cable, radio, or any ether 

similar messages C"r communicatinns, be disclcsed and delivered 

t~ any authC"rized agent ct any one of said 1nvestigator1al 

agencies, without regard to the limitations cnntained in 

secticn 605 ot the c~mmunicati~ns Act of 1934 (48 Stat. 1103). 

The infcrmati~n thus obtained shall be admissible in evidence, 

but c·nly wheri such evidence is ctfered in a criminal er civil 

pr~ceedlng in which the g~vernment is a party. 

(b) N~ pers~n shall fail tn c~mply tcrthwith_ with the 

request of eny duly authorized :'erson, pursuant to this section, 

fr-·r the disclnsure e.nd £11urrender <"f any telegram, cablegram, 

radi~grPm, or other wire or radic ce-amun1cati~n, er ccpiee or 

recf:'rds thereof in his pr..ssessiC"n Cir under his cc:.,ntrcl. 

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( c) Ne person • shall divulge, publish, r·r use the existence, 

CC'ntents, substance, purp~rt, nr meP...ning ~f any 1nf~rmat1~n 

C'bta1ned )ursuant t~ the prC"visirns 0f this section C'therwise 

than r~r the purp~ses hereinbet0re enumereted. 

( d) Any :Jersr·n whC' willfullY and knC"wingly vir· lE.te:s r..ny 

prcv1s1rn rf this sectir·n shall be guilty rif a fel~ny and upC'n 

cr-nv1ct1~n the:-eClf she.11 be fined nC""t mC"re than $10 ,ooo rr 1m-

!Jr1s•ned nc·t more thP.n twf': years, r·r beth. 

(e) If eny prC"visic.n "f this seotic-n C'r the e.p:Jlica.tir.:n C·f 

~uch prr.v1s1~n tc any circumstence shall be held 1nv&lid, the 

va.lid1 ty f"'.f t!:le re.r.i~inder r f t.hifl secticn e.nc. the appl1ce.b1li ty 

~f such pr~vlsi~n tC" c-ther circwr.str.nces Ahall net be affected 

therebf. 

(f) For purposes ~f this ~ection the term 'person" shall 

include an.y indi vid1.1al, partnership, association 1 business trust, 

corporet1on, or any organized group or persons, whether incorporated or not. 

Section 6(a). Whoever willfully shall violate any ~egulation or order promulgated or approved by the Secretary of the 

Nav7 pursuant to lawful authority for the protection or security 

ot vese.els, harbors., ports, or weter-front rac1li ties, relc.ting 

to fire hazards, fire protection, lighting, machinery, guard 

service, disrepair, disuse, or other unsatisfactory conditions 

thereon, or the ingress thereto, or egress or removal of persons thererrom, or otherwise providing tor safeguarding the same 

against destruction, or loss, or injury by accident, or by enemy 

aotion, sabotage, or other subers1ve acts, shall be guilty or 

a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be liable to a 

tine of not to exceed 86,000 or to imprisonment for not more 

than one year, or both. 

(b) If any provision of this section r;r the e.ppl1oe.t1on 

ot such prov1s1o~ to any oircwnstanoe spall be held invalid, 

the validity ot.the remainder of this ~ection and the application ot such prov1s1on to. other c1roumatances shall. not be affected thereby. 

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Section 7(a). Whoever willfully shall violate ar.y regulation or o"t"der promulgated r·r ap:"Jroved by t:~.e Secretary of War 1 

or by any military commander designated by the Secretc;.ry of War, 

pursuant t0 lawful authority for the protection or security of 

aircraft, airports, or airport facilities, relating to fire 

hazards, fire protection, lighting, machinery, guard service, 

diere)air, disuse or other unsatisfactory conditions thereon, 

or the lngre~s thereto ~r egrer-s or removal of persons therefrom, or otherwise providing for safeguarding the same against 

destruction, los~, or injury by accident or by enemy action, 

sabotc:,ge or other subversive actions, she.11 be guilty of a. misdemePnc-r e.nd upon cc·nviction thereof shall be liable to a fine 

of not to exceed $5,000 or to 1m,r1sonment for not more then one 

yee.r, or both. 

(b) If a.ny provision of this secti'"'n or the'a~!)lication or 

such provision to any circumstance she.11 be held invalid, the 

validity of the remainder ~f thi~ ~ection and the applic2tion or 

such provision to other circu~stance~ shall not be affected 

thereby. 

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