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To insure further the 111J.litary securitJ of the United ~tates by 

preventill6 disclosures of information secured through official 

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Be it enacted by the Senate and .tfouse of Representatives 

of the Uni~ed ~tates of Aiiterica in Con.grass asseMbled, 'Ibai; whoever, by virtue of his eriployment by or periormance of services 

for toe United btates or by virtue of ~is service in the al"'D.ed 

forces of the United States, having obtained, or having had custody of, access to, or knowled6e of (l) any information concerninr; the nature, preparation, or use of any code, cipher, orcryptosraphic or cryptanalytioal system. of the United ~tates or any 

foreign covernment, or (2) aD.J infor.m.ation concerning the design, 

construction, use, maLntenance or repair of any devise, apparat~s, 

or appliance used or prepared or planned for UEe by the United 

Si;ates or any !oreign gover:mnent for Cl'J'Ptographic or cryptanal)tic 

purpose, or (3) any ma1.erial w.nich has been, or purports to have 

been, prepared or transm1Lted in or by the use of any code: cipher 

or or;ypto~raphio system 0£ the United States or any foreign 

~overmnent, or (4) any information concerning the cryptographic 

or orJPtanalytic activities of the United bta~es or any foreign 

govermnent, or f 5) any 1nfol"DB.tion which bas Deen or purports i;o 

have been derived trom cl')ptanalys1s of messages transmitted by 

1ihe United States or any foreign goverlll"lent, shall, without 

authorization by lihe head of tne departm.en.i; or agency by which 

such person was employed or in ~hich he performed services at 

tne tine when he had custody ot or access to or obtained knowledge 

of the above-described information or material, COD'IDl.llnioate, furnish or Lrananit to another or publish any such infol'mation or 

material, sl'lall be fined no~ more than ~10,000 or imprisoned not 

more than ten years or both. Authorizations granted as hereinDeclassified and approved for release by NSA on 09-27-2013 pursuantto E .0. 1352a 
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before provided shall be in accordance with sucn regulations as 

tne ~resident may prescribe. 

Sec 2. Whoever, by virtue of his employment by or perfoI'!llS.nce of services for any foreign goverill'lent or by virtue of 

his service in the armed forces of any foreign government, having 

obtained, or havlng had custody of, access to, or knowledge of 

(1) any information concerning the nature, preparation, or use or 

any code, cipher, or crypto&raphic or cryptanalytioal system of 

the United btates or any foreign government, or (2) any inform.ation concerning the design, construction, use, maintenance or 

repair of any device, apparatus, or appliance used or prepared or 

planned for use by the United States or any foreign government 

for cryptosraphic or cryptanalytic purpose, or (3) any 1T1.aterial 

which ~as been, or purports to have been, prepared or transMitted 

in or by the use or any code, cipher or cryptosrapbic system of 

tr.e United btates or any foreign governnent, or (4} any information concerning the cryptographic or cryptanalyt,1.c activities of 

the United States or any foreign government, or (5) any information which has been or purportq to have been derived from cryptanalysis of messases transmitted by the United utates or any 

foreien Government, shall, Nithout authorization by the becretary 

of ~ar, the ~ecretary cf the Navy or tne 5ecretary of State, 

com.municate, furnisn or transmit to anotner or publish any such 

• 1nfor~.ation or material, shall be fined not more ~han t10,ooo or 

imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. 

Sec. 3. 'lhe term ".foreign government" as used herein 

includes any person or persons acting or purporting to ac~ for 

or on behalf of any military or naval force, faction, party, 

department, agency or bureau within a foreign country, or for or 

on behalf of anj government or any person or persons purpo~ting to 

act as a governrnont witnin a foreiLn country,~whether or not such 

government is recognized by the United btates. 
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Sec. 4. (a) The term 11 cryptographic" as used herein includes 

any code, cipher, secret writing, deception, mechanical device, er 

other method used t~ disguise or conceal the meaning of any 

communication. 

(b) Tne term "cryptanalytic" as used herein 

includes all methods of interception and all methods of obtaining information of tne contents of cryptographic communications. 

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