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[CITE: 22USC614]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                CHAPTER 11--FOREIGN AGENTS AND PROPAGANDA
 
          SUBCHAPTER II--REGISTRATION OF FOREIGN PROPAGANDISTS
 
Sec. 614. Filing and labeling of political propaganda


(a) Copies to Attorney General; statement as to places, times, and 
        extent of transmission

    Every person within the United States who is an agent of a foreign 
principal and required to register under the provisions of this 
subchapter and who transmits or causes to be transmitted in the United 
States mails or by any means or instrumentality of interstate or foreign 
commerce any informational materials for or in the interests of such 
foreign principal (i) in the form of prints, or (ii) in any other form 
which is reasonably adapted to being, or which he believes will be, or 
which he intends to be, disseminated or circulated among two or more 
persons shall, not later than forty-eight hours after the beginning of 
the transmittal thereof, file with the Attorney General two copies 
thereof.

(b) Identification statement

    It shall be unlawful for any person within the United States who is 
an agent of a foreign principal and required to register under the 
provisions of this subchapter to transmit or cause to be transmitted in 
the United States mails or by any means or instrumentality of interstate 
or foreign commerce any informational materials for or in the interests 
of such foreign principal without placing in such informational 
materials a conspicuous statement that the materials are distributed by 
the agent on behalf of the foreign principal, and that additional 
information is on file with the Department of Justice, Washington, 
District of Columbia. The Attorney General may by rule define what 
constitutes a conspicuous statement for the purposes of this subsection.

(c) Public inspection

    The copies of informational materials required by this subchapter to 
be filed with the Attorney General shall be available for public 
inspection under such regulations as he may prescribe.

(d) Library of Congress

    For purposes of the Library of Congress, other than for public 
distribution, the Secretary of the Treasury and the United States Postal 
Service are authorized, upon the request of the Librarian of Congress, 
to forward to the Library of Congress fifty copies, or as many fewer 
thereof as are available, of all foreign prints determined to be 
prohibited entry under the provisions of section 1305 of title 19 and of 
all foreign prints excluded from the mails under authority of section 
1717 of title 18.
    Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1305 of title 19 and of 
section 1717 of title 18, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to 
permit the entry and the United States Postal Service is authorized to 
permit the transmittal in the mails of foreign prints imported for 
governmental purposes by authority or for the use of the United States 
or for the use of the Library of Congress.

(e) Information furnished to agency or official of United States 
        Government

    It shall be unlawful for any person within the United States who is 
an agent of a foreign principal required to register under the 
provisions of this subchapter to transmit, convey, or otherwise furnish 
to any agency or official of the Government (including a Member or 
committee of either House of Congress) for or in the interests of such 
foreign principal any political propaganda or to request from any such 
agency or official for or in the interests of such foreign principal any 
information or advice with respect to any matter pertaining to the 
political or public interests, policies or relations of a foreign 
country or of a political party or pertaining to the foreign or domestic 
policies of the United States unless the propaganda or the request is 
prefaced or accompanied by a true and accurate statement to the effect 
that such person is registered as an agent of such foreign principal 
under this subchapter.

(f) Appearances before Congressional committees

    Whenever any agent of a foreign principal required to register under 
this subchapter appears before any committee of Congress to testify for 
or in the interests of such foreign principal, he shall, at the time of 
such appearance, furnish the committee with a copy of his most recent 
registration statement filed with the Department of Justice as an agent 
of such foreign principal for inclusion in the records of the committee 
as part of his testimony.

(June 8, 1938, ch. 327, Sec. 4, 52 Stat. 632; Aug. 7, 1939, ch. 521, 
Sec. 3, 53 Stat. 1246; Apr. 29, 1942, ch. 263, Sec. 1, 56 Stat. 255; 
Pub. L. 89-486, Sec. 4, July 4, 1966, 80 Stat. 246; Pub. L. 91-375, 
Sec. 4(a), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 773; Pub. L. 104-65, Sec. 9(4)-(6), 
Dec. 19, 1995, 109 Stat. 700.)

                          Codification

    Section 1717 of title 18, referred to in subsec. (d), was in the 
original ``section 1 of title XII of the Act of June 15, 1917 (40 Stat. 
230)'' which was classified to section 343 of former Title 18, Criminal 
Code and Criminal Procedure. ``Section 1717 of title 18'' substituted 
for ``section 343 of title 18'' on authority of act June 25, 1948, ch. 
645, 62 Stat. 683, section 1 of which enacted Title 18, Crimes and 
Criminal Procedure.


                            Prior Provisions

    Prior to general amendment of act June 8, 1938, by act Apr. 29, 
1942, section related to retention of statements as public records. 
Provisions on that subject were incorporated in section 616 of this 
title by 1942 amendment.


                               Amendments

    1995--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-65, Sec. 9(4)(B), which directed 
striking out ``and a statement, duly signed by or on behalf of such an 
agent, setting forth full information as to the places, times, and 
extent of such transmittal'' after ``Attorney General two copies 
thereof'', was executed by striking out such language, which read in 
part ``on behalf of such agent'', to reflect the probable intent of 
Congress.
    Pub. L. 104-65, Sec. 9(4)(A), substituted ``informational 
materials'' for ``political propaganda''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-65, Sec. 9(5), substituted ``informational 
materials for or'' for ``political propaganda for or'' and substituted 
``without placing in such informational materials a conspicuous 
statement that the materials are distributed by the agent on behalf of 
the foreign principal, and that additional information is on file with 
the Department of Justice, Washington, District of Columbia. The 
Attorney General may by rule define what constitutes a conspicuous 
statement for the purposes of this subsection.'' for cls. (i) and (ii) 
and concluding provisions which made it unlawful for an agent of a 
foreign principal to transmit in the United States political propaganda 
unless the propaganda identified the agent and contained information 
about the registration of the agent and authorized the Attorney General 
to prescribe regulations relating to the information to be provided.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-65, Sec. 9(6), substituted ``informational 
materials'' for ``political propaganda''.
    1966--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 89-486, Sec. 4(1), inserted ``for or in 
the interests of such foreign principal'' after ``political propaganda'' 
and substituted ``file with the Attorney General two copies thereof'' 
for ``sent to the Librarian of Congress two copies thereof and file with 
the Attorney General one copy thereof''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 89-486, Sec. 4(2), inserted ``for or in the 
interests of such foreign principal'' after ``political propaganda'', 
where first appearing, and ``the relationship or connection between the 
person transmitting the political propaganda or causing it to be 
transmitted and such propaganda;'' after ``setting forth'' and 
substituted ``such foreign principal'' for each of his foreign 
principals''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 89-486, Sec. 4(3), substituted ``filed with the 
Attorney General'' for ``sent to the Librarian of Congress''.
    Subsecs. (e), (f). Pub. L. 89-486, Sec. 4(4), added subsecs. (e) and 
(f).
    1942--Act Apr. 29, 1942, amended section generally.
    1939--Act Aug. 7, 1939, amended section generally.


                    Effective Date of 1995 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 104-65 effective Jan. 1, 1996, except as 
otherwise provided, see section 24 of Pub. L. 104-65, set out as an 
Effective Date note under section 1601 of Title 2, The Congress.


                    Effective Date of 1966 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 89-486 effective ninety days after July 4, 
1966, see section 9 of Pub. L. 89-486, set out as a note under section 
611 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1942 Amendment

    Amendment by act Apr. 29, 1942, effective on the sixtieth day after 
Apr. 29, 1942, except that prior to such sixtieth day the Attorney 
General may make, prescribe, amend, and rescind such rules, regulations, 
and forms as may be necessary to carry out act Apr. 29, 1942, see 
section 3 of act Apr. 29, 1942, set out as a note under section 611 of 
this title.

                          Transfer of Functions

    In subsec. (d), ``United States Postal Service'' substituted for 
``Postmaster General'' in two places pursuant to Pub. L. 91-375, 
Sec. 4(a), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 773, set out as a note under section 
201 of Title 39, Postal Service, which abolished office of Postmaster 
General of Post Office Department and transferred its functions to 
United States Postal Service.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 617, 618 of this title.
