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[CITE: 50USC843]

 
                   TITLE 50--WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
                      CHAPTER 23--INTERNAL SECURITY
 
                    SUBCHAPTER IV--COMMUNIST CONTROL
 
Sec. 843. Application of Internal Security Act of 1950 to 
        members of Communist Party and other subversive organizations; 
        ``Communist Party'' defined
        
    (a) Whoever knowingly and willfully becomes or remains a member of 
(1) the Communist Party, or (2) any other organization having for one of 
its purposes or objectives the establishment, control, conduct, seizure, 
or overthrow of the Government of the United States, or the government 
of any State or political subdivision thereof, by the use of force or 
violence, with knowledge of the purpose or objective of such 
organization shall be subject to all the provisions and penalties of the 
Internal Security Act of 1950, as amended [50 U.S.C. 781 et seq.], as a 
member of a ``Communist-action'' organization.
    (b) For the purposes of this section, the term ``Communist Party'' 
means the organization now known as the Communist Party of the United 
States of America, the Communist Party of any State or subdivision 
thereof, and any unit or subdivision of any such organization, whether 
or not any change is hereafter made in the name thereof.

(Aug. 24, 1954, ch. 886, Sec. 4, 68 Stat. 776.)

                       References in Text

    The Internal Security Act of 1950, as amended, referred to in 
subsec. (a), is act Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1024, 64 Stat. 987, as amended, 
which is classified principally to subchapters I to III of this chapter. 
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title 
note set out under section 781 of this title and Tables.

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Communist Control Act of 1954, 
and not as part of the Internal Security Act of 1950 which comprises 
subchapters I to III of this chapter.
