50 U.S.C. § 196 — Untitled legal text

Page 63 TITLE 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE § 205 Stat. 498; Pub. L. 107–295, title I, § 104(a), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2085.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This Act, referred to in text, means act June 15, 1917, ch. 30, 40 Stat. 217. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. Presidential Proclamation 5928 of December 27, 1988, referred to in par. (2), is set out as a note under section 1331 of Title 43, Public Lands. CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 40 of this title. In the original this section defined ‘‘United States’’ as used in act June 15, 1917. Other provisions of that act were contained in sections 31 to 42 of this title and certain sections of former Title 18, Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure. The definition of ‘‘United States’’ as used in present provisions derived from those former sections is covered by section 5 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure. AMENDMENTS 2002—Pub. L. 107–295 added introductory provisions, designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted heading, struck out ‘‘as used in this Act’’ before ‘‘in- cludes’’, and added par. (2). 1979—Pub. L. 96–70 struck out ‘‘the Canal Zone and’’ after ‘‘this Act includes’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1979 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 96–70 effective Oct. 1, 1979, see section 3304 of Pub. L. 96–70, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3601 of Title 22, Foreign Rela- tions and Intercourse. SEPARABILITY Act June 15, 1917, ch. 30, title XIII, § 4, 40 Stat. 231, provided: ‘‘If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this Act [see Tables for classification] shall for any rea- son be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.’’ §§ 196 to 198. Transferred Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section 196, Aug. 9, 1954, ch. 659, § 1, 68 Stat. 675; Pub. L. 96–70, title III, § 3302(c), Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 498; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(152), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 167, was re- designated as and transferred to section 56309 of Title 46, Shipping, by Pub. L. 115–91, div. C, title XXXV, § 3504(a)(1), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1911. Section 197, Aug. 9, 1954, ch. 659, § 2, 68 Stat. 675; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(152), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 167, was redesig- nated as and transferred to section 56310 of Title 46, Shipping, by Pub. L. 115–91, div. C, title XXXV, § 3504(b)(1), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1912. Section 198, Aug. 9, 1954, ch. 659, § 3, 68 Stat. 675; Pub. L. 89–670, § 6(b)(1), (2), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 938; Pub. L. 97–31, § 12(152), Aug. 6, 1981, 95 Stat. 167, was redesig- nated as and transferred to section 56311 of Title 46, Shipping, by Pub. L. 115–91, div. C, title XXXV, § 3504(c)(1), Dec. 12, 2017, 131 Stat. 1912. CHAPTER 13—INSURRECTION Sec. 201 to 204. Repealed. Sec. 205. Suspension of commercial intercourse with State in insurrection. 206. Suspension of commercial intercourse with part of State in insurrection. 207. Persons affected by suspension of commercial intercourse. 208. Licensing or permitting commercial inter- course with State or region in insurrection. 209. Repealed. 210. Penalties for unauthorized trading, etc.; ju- risdiction of prosecutions. 211. Investigations to detect and prevent frauds and abuses. 212. Confiscation of property employed to aid in- surrection. 213. Jurisdiction of confiscation proceedings. 214. Repealed. 215. Institution of confiscation proceedings. 216. Preventing transportation of goods to aid in- surrection. 217. Trading in captured or abandoned property. 218. Repealed. 219. Removal of customhouse and detention of vessels thereat. 220. Enforcement of section 219. 221. Closing ports of entry; forfeiture of vessels seeking to enter closed port. 222. Transferred. 223. Forfeiture of vessels owned by citizens of in- surrectionary States. 224. Refusing clearance to vessels with suspected cargoes; forfeiture for departing without clearance. 225. Bond to deliver cargo at destination named in clearance. 226. Protection of liens on condemned vessels. §§ 201 to 204. Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 53, 70A Stat. 641 Section 201, R.S. § 5297, provided for Federal aid for State Governments in case of an insurrection in any State. See section 251 of Title 10, Armed Forces. Section 202, R.S. § 5298, related to use of military and naval forces to enforce authority of Federal Govern- ment. See section 252 of Title 10. Section 203, R.S. § 5299, related to denial by State of equal protection of laws and authorized the President to take measures for the suppression of any insurrec- tion, domestic violence, or combinations. See section 253 of Title 10. Section 204, R.S. § 5300, authorized the President to issue a proclamation commanding insurgents to dis- perse. See section 254 of Title 10. § 205. Suspension of commercial intercourse with State in insurrection Whenever the President, in pursuance of the provisions of this chapter, has called forth the militia to suppress combinations against the laws of the United States, and to cause the laws to be duly executed, and the insurgents shall have failed to disperse by the time directed by the President, and when the insurgents claim to act under the authority of any State or States, and such claim is not disclaimed or repudiated by the persons exercising the functions of gov- ernment in such State or States, or in the part or parts thereof in which such combination ex- ists, and such insurrection is not suppressed by such State or States, or whenever the inhab- itants of any State or part thereof are at any time found by the President to be in insurrec- tion against the United States, the President may, by proclamation, declare that the inhab- itants of such State, or of any section or part