Piggy-Back "On Reply From Common Man"

Piggy-Back "On Reply From Common Man" 

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The Alien Registration Act of 1940 Defined Officers and Employees Acting as Agents of Foreign Principal Defined Pursuant to 18 USC § 219 Also see; The Real Thirteenth Amendment

Whereas defined pursuant to: The Alien Registration Act of 1940, usually called the Smith Act because the anti-sedition section was authored by Representative Howard W. Smith of Virginia, was adopted at 54 Statutes at Large 670-671 (1940). The Act has been amended several times and can now be found at 18 U.S. Code § 2385 (2000). § 2385. Advocating Overthrow of Government;

Whoever knowingly or willfully advocates, abets, advises, or teaches the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of overthrowing or destroying 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 or violence, or by the assassination of any officer of any such government; or Whoever, with intent to cause the overthrow or destruction of any such government, prints, publishes, edits, issues, circulates, sells, distributes, or publicly displays any written or printed matter advocating, advising, or teaching the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of overthrowing or destroying any government in the United States by force or violence, or attempts to do so; or Whoever organizes or helps or attempts to organize any society, group, or assembly of persons who teach, advocate, or encourage the overthrow or destruction of any such government by force or violence; or becomes or is a member of, or affiliates with, any such society, group, or assembly of persons, knowing the purposes thereof-- Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both, and shall be ineligible for employment by the United States or any department or agency thereof, for the five years next following his conviction. If two or more persons conspire to commit any offense named in this section, each shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both, and shall be ineligible for employment by the United States or any department or agency thereof, for the five years next following his conviction. As used in this section, the terms "organizes" and "organize", with respect to any society, group, or assembly of persons, include the recruiting of new members, the forming of new units, and the regrouping or expansion of existing clubs, classes, and other units of such society, group, or assembly of persons.

Whereas defined pursuant to: Officers and employees acting as agents of foreign principal 18 USC § 219 (a) Whoever, being a public official, is or acts as an agent of a foreign principal required to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than two years, or both. (b) Nothing in this section shall apply to the employment of any agent of a foreign principal as a special Government employee in any case in which the head of the employing agency certifies that such employment is required in the national interest. A copy of any certification under this paragraph shall be forwarded by the head of such agency to the Attorney General who shall cause the same to be filed with the registration statement and other documents filed by such agent, and made available for public inspection in accordance with section 6 of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22 USCS § 616], as amended. (c) For the purpose of this section "public official" means Member of Congress, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, either before or after he has qualified, or an officer or employee or person acting for or on behalf of the United States, or any department, agency, or branch of Government thereof, including the District of Columbia, in any official function, under or by authority of any such department, agency, or branch of Government. (Added July 4, 1966, P. L. 89-486, § 8(b), 80 Stat. 249; Oct. 12, 1984, P. L. 98473, Title II, Ch XI, Part J, § 1116, 98 Stat. 2149; Nov. 10, 1986, P. L. 99-646, § 30, 100 Stat. 3598; Nov. 29, 1990, P. L. 101-647, Title XXXV, § 3511, 104 Stat. 4922.) HISTORY; ANCILLARY LAWS AND DIRECTIVES References in text: "The Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1939", referred to in subsec. (a), is Act June 8, 1938, ch 327, 52 Stat. 631, which appears generally as 22 USCS § 611 et seq. For full classification of this Act, consult USCS Tables volumes. Explanatory notes: A prior § 219 was redesignated as 18 USCS § 214 by Act Oct. 23, 1962, P.  L. 87-849, § 1(d), 76 Stat. 1125. Effective date of section: Act July 4, 1966, P.L. 89-486, § 9, 80 Stat. 249, provides that this section shall become effective 90 days after its enactment on July 4, 1966; see 22 USCS § 611 note. Amendments: 1984. Act Oct. 12, 1984, in the first undesignated para., substituted "a public official" for "an officer or employee"; and added the third undesignated para. 1986. Act Nov. 10, 1986 designated the first undesignated para. as subsec. (a), and substituted such subsec. for one which read: "Whoever, being a public official of the United States in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Government or in any agency of the United States, including the District of Columbia, is or acts as an agent of a foreign principal required to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than two years, or both."; designated the second and third undesignated paras. as subsecs. (b) and (c) respectively, and in subsec. (c), as so designated, substituted "Delegate" for "the Delegate from the District of Columbia," and deleted, " or a juror" preceding the conclud­ing period. 1990. Act Nov. 29, 1990, in subsec. (c), substituted "Government" for "Governments" preceding "thereof, including."