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50 U.S.C. § 842 — Proscription of Communist Party, its successors, and subsidiary organizations
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The Communist Party of the United States, or any successors of such party regardless of the assumed name, whose object or purpose is to overthrow the Government of the United States, or the government of any State, Territory, District, or possession thereof, or the government of any political subdivision therein by force and violence, are not entitled to any of the rights, privileges, and immunities attendant upon legal bodies created under the jurisdiction of the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof; and whatever rights, privileges, and immunities which have heretofore been granted to said party or any subsidiary organization by reason of the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof, are terminated: Provided, however, That nothing in this section shall be construed as amending the Internal Security Act of 1950, as amended [[50 U.S.C. 781](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section781&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]
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The Communist Party of the United States, or any successors of such party regardless of the assumed name, whose object or purpose is to overthrow the Government of the United States, or the government of any State, Territory, District, or possession thereof, or the government of any political subdivision therein by force and violence, are not entitled to any of the rights, privileges, and immunities attendant upon legal bodies created under the jurisdiction of the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof; and whatever rights, privileges, and immunities which have heretofore been granted to said party or any subsidiary organization by reason of the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof, are terminated: Provided, however, That nothing in this section shall be construed as amending the Internal Security Act of 1950, as amended [[50 U.S.C. 781](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section781&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]
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### Statutory Notes
Section, act Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1024, title I, § 2, 64 Stat. 987; Pub. L. 90–237, § 1, Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 765, related to Congressional finding of necessity to control subversive activities.
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Act Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1024, 64 Stat. 987, provided that: “This Act [enacting subchapters I to III of this chapter and [section 1507 of Title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section1507&num=0&edition=prelim), Crimes and Criminal Procedure, amending sections 137 to 137–8, 156, 456, 457, 704, 705, 725, 729, 733, 734, and 735 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality, [section 793 of Title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section793&num=0&edition=prelim), and sections 611 and 618 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse, enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 781 and 811 of this title and [section 792 of Title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section792&num=0&edition=prelim), and amending a provision set out as a note under [section 402 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title50-section402&num=0&edition=prelim)] may be cited as the ‘Internal Security Act of 1950’.”
Act Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1024, title I, § 1(a), 64 Stat. 987, which provided that title I of act Sept. 23, 1950, which enacted this subchapter and [section 1507 of Title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section1507&num=0&edition=prelim), Crimes and Criminal Procedure, amended sections 137 to 137–8, 156, 456, 457, 704, 705, 725, 729, 733, 734, and 735 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality, [section 793 of Title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim
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TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
§ 783
Sec.
844.
Determination by jury of membership in
Communist Party, participation, or knowl-
edge of purpose.
SUBCHAPTER
V—REGISTRATION
OF
CERTAIN
PERSONS TRAINED IN FOREIGN ESPIONAGE
SYSTEMS
851.
Registration of certain persons; filing state-
ment; regulations.
852.
Exemption from registration.
853.
Retention of registration statements; public
examination; withdrawal.
854.
Rules, regulations, and forms.
855.
Violations; penalties; deportation.
856.
Continuing offense.
857.
Compliance with other registration statutes.
858.
Applicability to Canal Zone.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
APPLICATION TO COMMUNIST PARTY MEMBERS
Application of subchapters I and II of this chapter
and other provisions of the Internal Security Act of
1950, as amended, to members of the Communist Party
and other subversive organizations, see section 843 of
this title, and References in Text note set out under
that section.
SUBCHAPTER I—CONTROL OF SUBVERSIVE
ACTIVITIES
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
APPLICATION TO COMMUNIST PARTY MEMBERS
Application of this subchapter to members of the
Communist Party and other subversive organizations,
see section 843 of this title, and References in Text note
set out under that section.
§ 781. Repealed. Pub. L. 103–199, title VIII,
§ 803(1), Dec. 17, 1993, 107 Stat. 2329
Section, act Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1024, title I, § 2, 64 Stat.
987; Pub. L. 90–237, § 1, Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 765, related
to Congressional finding of necessity to control subver-
sive activities.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
SHORT TITLE
Act Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1024, 64 Stat. 987, provided that:
‘‘This Act [enacting subchapters I to III of this chapter
and section 1507 of T
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TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
§ 835
§ 835. Nonapplicability of administrative proce-
dure provisions
Subchapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, of
title 5, shall not apply to the use or exercise of
any authority granted by this subchapter.
(Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1024, title III, § 305, as added
Pub. L. 88–290, Mar. 26, 1964, 78 Stat. 170.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
‘‘Subchapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, of title 5’’
substituted in text for ‘‘the Administrative Procedure
Act, as amended’’ on authority of Pub. L. 89–554, § 7(b),
Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the first section of which en-
acted Title 5, Government Organization and Employ-
ees.
SUBCHAPTER IV—COMMUNIST CONTROL
§ 841. Findings and declarations of fact
The Congress finds and declares that the Com-
munist Party of the United States, although
purportedly a political party, is in fact an in-
strumentality of a conspiracy to overthrow the
Government of the United States. It constitutes
an authoritarian dictatorship within a republic,
demanding for itself the rights and privileges ac-
corded to political parties, but denying to all
others the liberties guaranteed by the Constitu-
tion. Unlike political parties, which evolve their
policies and programs through public means, by
the reconciliation of a wide variety of individual
views, and submit those policies and programs
to the electorate at large for approval or dis-
approval, the policies and programs of the Com-
munist Party are secretly prescribed for it by
the foreign leaders of the world Communist
movement. Its members have no part in deter-
mining its goals, and are not permitted to voice
dissent to party objectives. Unlike members of
political parties, members of the Communist
Party are recruited for indoctrinati
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