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REF ID:A39951 

• Draft by 

Subcommittee on I. and s. 

3 September 1947 

.Am.ended version of 

S.l.019 

A Bll.L 

To enhance further the security of the united States by preventing disclosures of information concerning the cryptographic 

systems and the communication intelligence activities ~f the 

Uhited States. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of :aepresentatives 

of1 the Uhited States of America in Congress assembled, 

That ~hoever shall communicate, furnish, transmit, or otherwise make available to an unauthorized person, or publish, 

or use in any .manner preJudicial to the safety or interest 

of the uni.led States<V or for the benefit of any foreign 

government to the detrJ.ment of the Uhi~ed states {l) any 1_ ___. 

classified information concerning the nature, preparation, 

or use of any code; cipher, or cryptographic system of the 

United States or any foreign governraent, or 1{2) any classified • J ' ... 

" . ~' information concerning' the design, construction, use, .main-

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tenance, or repair of any device, apparatus, or appliance 

used or prepared or planned for use by the United stac~s or 

any foreign government for cryptographic or co.mm.un1cat1on 

intelligence purRoses, or (3) any classified 1.n.forma.tion con-

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cerning the commun1cat1on intelligence activities of the 

Uhited States or any foreign government; or~4) any classified .__ 

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3 September 1947 

s.1019-.run ... Jed 

inf'ormation obtained from the co.mml.Ul1cat1ons of the United 

States or any foreign government by the processes of communication intelligence, shall be fined not more than $10,000 

or imprisoned not more than ten years or both. 

Sec. 2. {a) The term "classified information" as used 

herein shall be construed to mean information which, at the 

time of a violation under this Act, is, for reasons of 

national security, specifically designaved by a United states 

government agency for 11.nutation or restriction in dissemination or dist:r;-ibution. The term "classif 1ed procedures and 

methods" as used herein shall be construed accordingly. 

{b) The terms ttcode", "cipher", and "crypto- . graphic system" as used herein s,hall be construed to J.1clude 

in their meaning any method of secret writing and any mechanical or electrical device or method used for the purpose of 

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disguising or concealing the contents or the meaningf of 

communications. The term "cryptographic purposes" as used 

heroin is correspondingly extended in the scope of its meaning. 

(c) The term "foreign government" as used herein 

shall be oonstrued to include in its meaning any person or 

persons acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of any 

faction, party, department, agency, bureau, or military force 

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of or within a foreign country, or for or on behalf of ~ay 

government or any person or persons purporting to act as a 

government within a foreign country, whether or not such 

government is recognized by the Ullited States. 

(d} The term 0 commun1cation intelligence" as 

used herein shall be construed to mean a field of endeavor 

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which includes all (? classified ?) ~rocedures and .methods 

used in the interception of communications and tho obtaining 

of information from such communications oy other than tne 

intended recipients. The terms "communication intelligence 

activities" and "communication intelligence purposes" as used 

herein shall be construed accordingly. 

( e) The term "unauthorized person" as used herein 

shall be construed to mean any person or agency who, 9~ which, 

- is not authorized, by the head of a department or ageni;.? of 

the United States Government which is expressly designated by 

the President to engage in\ommun1cat1on intelligence activities for the Uhitcd States, to receive information of the 

categories set forth in Section 1 of this Act. 

Seo. J. Nothing in this Act shall prohibit tho furnishing, upon lawful demand, of 1n:f'ormat1on to any regularly constituted committee of the Senate or Houso of Representatives 

of the Uh1ted States of .America, or Joint co.mzt1ittee thereof'.