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64 Stat.]
81st CONG., 2d SESS.—CHS. 1024, 1024—SEPT. 23, 1950
1005

shall be subject to the punishment provided for the offense which is the object of such conspiracy ."

PERIOD OF LIMITATION

Sec. 19. An indictment for any violation of title 18, United States Code, section 792, 793, or 79462 Stat. 736, 737.
18 U.S.C., Sup. III. §792-794.
Ante, p. 1003.
, other than a violation constituting a capital offense, may be found at any time within ten years next after such violation shall have been committed. This section shall not authorize prosecution, trial, or punishment for any offense now barred by the provisions of existing law .

AMENDING ACT OF JUNE 8, 1938

Sec. 20. The Act of June 8, 1938 (52 Stat . 631 ; 22 U . S . C . 611-621)Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, amendments.
Ante, pp. 399, 400.
, entitled "An Act to require the registration of certain persons employed by agencies to disseminate propaganda in the United States, and for other purposes", as amended, is hereby further amended as follows:

(a) Strike out the word "and" at the end of section 1 (c) (3), insert the word "and" at the end of section 1 (c) (4), and add the following paragraph immediately after section 1 (c) (4):

"(5) any person who has knowledge of or has received instruction or assignment in the espionage, counterespionage, or sabotage service or tactics of a government of a foreign country or of a foreign political party, unless such knowledge, instruction, or assignment has been acquired by reason of civilian, military, or police service with the United States Government, the governments of the several States, their political subdivisions, the District of Columbia, the Territories, the Canal Zone, or the insular possessions, or unless such knowledge has been acquired solely by reason of academic or personal interest not under the supervision of or in preparation for service with the government of a foreign country or a foreign political party or unless, by reason of employment at any time by an agency of the United States Government having responsibilities in the field of intelligence, such person has made full written disclosure of such knowledge or instruction to officials within such agency, such disclosure has been made a matter of record in the files of such agency, and a written determination has been made by the Attorney General or the Director of Central Intelligence that registration would not be in the interest of national security ;".

(b) Add the following subsection immediately after section 8 (d)56 Stat. 257.
22 U.S.C. §618 (d).
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"(e) Failure to file any such registration statement or supplements thereto as is required by either section 2 (a) or section 2 (b)56 Stat. 632.
22 U.S.C. §612 (a), (b).
Ante, p. 399.
shall be considered a continuing offense for as long as such failure exists, notwithstanding any statute of limitation or other statute to the contrary."

SECURITY REGULATIONS AND ORDERS AND PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF

Sec. 21. (a) Whoever willfully shall violate any such regulation or order as, pursuant to lawful authority, shall be or has been promulgated or approved by the Secretary of Defense, or by any military commander designated by the Secretary of Defense, or by the Director of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, for the protection or security of military or naval aircraft, airports, airport facilities, vessels, harbors, ports, piers, water-front facilities, bases, forts, posts, laboratories, stations, vehicles, equipment, explosives, or other property or places subject to the jurisdiction, administration, or in the