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House Calendar No. 5 

73n lsT CONGRESS SESSION H R 4220 

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[Report No. 18] 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 27, 1933 

Mr Su:uNERS of Texas introduced the following bill, wluch was referred to the 

Comm.Ittee on the J ud1c1ary and ordered to be prmted 

~f\RCH 29, 1933 

Reported with amen<lments, rl'feried to the House Calendar, and or<lered to 

be prmted 

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[Omit the part strull, tlll ough uml m"'e1 t the pu1 t in lnteu iu itahc] 

A BILL 

For the p1otcct10n of Gove1111ncnt records 

Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House of Representatwes of the United States of .Amerwa m Congress assembled, \ 

That whoever, by vutue of his employment by the Uruted 

States, havmg custody of, or access to, any record, proceedmg, map, book, document, paper, or other thmg shall, 

for any purpose prejudicml to the safety or mterest of the 

Umted States willfully and unlawfully conceal, remove, 

8 mutilate, obliterate, falsify, destroy, er sell, furnish to an9 other, publish, or offer for sale any such record, proceedmg, 

10 map, book, document, paper, or thmg, or any information 

11 con tamed therem, or a copy or copies thereof, shall be fined 

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d not more~ than $2,000 or rmprisoned not more than three 

2 years, or both, and moreover shall forfeit his office and be 

3 foreve1 afterwards disquahfi.ed from holding any office under 

4 the Government of the U mted States 

5 SEC 2 'Vhoever shall willfully, without authomation 

6 of competent authority, pubhsh or furnish to another any 

7 matter prepared m any official code , or whoever shall, for 

8 any purpose prejudicial to the safety or mterest of the 

9 U mted States, willfully publish or fm-n1sh to another any 

10 matter obtamed without authorizat10n of competent author11 ity, from the custody of any officer or employee of the U mted 

12 States or any matter which was obtained while m process 

13 of transIIllssion from one pubhc office, executive department, 

14 or independent estabhshment of the Umted States or branch 

15 thereof to any other such pubhc office, executive depart16 ment, or independent est.abhshment of the U mted States or 

17 branch thereof or any matter which was m process of trans18 1lllss1on between any foreign government and its diplomatic 

19 1D1ssion m the U mted States, or whoever shall for any pur20 pose preJudJ.cial to the safety or mterest of the Umted States, 

21 willfully, without authorization of competent authority, pub22 hsh or furmsh to another, fe$S ef HlieFHlft:ilOB fHH~~g 

23 tie fie een.tamea m any such matter or anything purporting 

24 to be any such matter, shall be fined not more than $10,000 

25 or rmprISoned not more than ten years, or both 
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1 SEO 3 In any prosecution hereunder, proof of the 

2 commission of any of the acts described herein shall be prima 

S facie evidence of a purpose prejudimal to the safety or 

4 interest of the United States 
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73» CONGRESS} 

IBTSBBSION 

Honse Calendar No. 5 

H. R. 4220 

[Report No 18] 

A BILL 

For the protection of Government records 

By Mr SUMNEBS of Tex.as 

MABOH 27, 1933 

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary an4 

ordered to be printed 

MABCH 29, 1933 

Reported with amendments, referred to the House 

Calendar, and ordered to be printed