page_title: Mundt–Nixon Bill
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Mundt–Nixon Bill / History
context_page_description: The Mundt–Nixon Bill, named after Karl E. Mundt and Richard Nixon, formally the Subversive Activities Control Act, was a proposed law in 1948 that would have required all members of the Communist Party of the United States register with the Attorney General.
context_section_description: Hearings for this bill (as well as a tougher bill that would have outlawed the Communist Party) started in February 1948.
caption: U.S. Representative Karl E. Mundt.
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