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Sec. 2386. - Registration of certain organizations
(A) For the purposes of this section:
''Attorney General'' means the Attorney General of the United States;
''Organization'' means any group, club, league, society, committee, association,
political party, or combination of individuals, whether incorporated or otherwise, but
such term shall not include any corporation, association, community chest, fund, or
foundation, organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific,
literary, or educational purposes;
''Political activity'' means any activity the purpose or aim of which, or one of the
purposes or aims of which, is the control by force or overthrow of the Government of
the United States or a political subdivision thereof, or any State or political
subdivision thereof; An organization is engaged in ''civilian military activity'' if:
(1) it gives instruction to, or prescribes instruction for, its members in the use of
firearms or other weapons or any substitute therefor, or military or naval science; or
(2) it receives from any other organization or from any individual instruction in
military
or naval science; or
(3) it engages in any military or naval maneuvers or activities; or
(4) it engages, either with or without arms, in drills or parades of a military or
naval
character; or
(5) it engages in any other form of organized activity which in the opinion of the
Attorney General constitutes preparation for military action; An organization is
''subject to foreign control'' if:
(a) it solicits or accepts financial contributions, loans, or support of any kind,
directly
or indirectly, from, or is affiliated directly or indirectly with, a foreign
government or a
political subdivision thereof, or an agent, agency, or instrumentality of a foreign
government or political subdivision thereof, or a political party in a foreign
country, or
an international political organization; or
(b) its policies, or any of them, are determined by or at the suggestion of, or in
collaboration with, a foreign government or political subdivision thereof, or an agent,
agency, or instrumentality of a foreign government or a political subdivision thereof,
or a political party in a foreign country, or an international political organization.
(B)
(1) The following organizations shall be required to register with the Attorney
General:
Every organization subject to foreign control which engages in political activity;
Every organization which engages both in civilian military activity and in political
activity;
Every organization subject to foreign control which engages in civilian military
activity;
and
Every organization, the purpose or aim of which, or one of the purposes or aims of
which, is the establishment, control, conduct, seizure, or overthrow of a government
or subdivision thereof by the use of force, violence, military measures, or threats of
any one or more of the foregoing.
Every such organization shall register by filing with the Attorney General, on such
forms and in such detail as the Attorney General may by rules and regulations
prescribe, a registration statement containing the information and documents
prescribed in subsection (B)(3) and shall within thirty days after the expiration of
each
period of six months succeeding the filing of such registration statement, file with
the
Attorney General, on such forms and in such detail as the Attorney General may by
rules and regulations prescribe, a supplemental statement containing such
information and documents as may be necessary to make the information and
documents previously filed under this section accurate and current with respect to
such preceding six months' period. Every statement required to be filed by this
section shall be subscribed, under oath, by all of the officers of the organization.
(2) This section shall not require registration or the filing of any statement with the
Attorney General by:
(a) The armed forces of the United States; or
(b) The organized militia or National Guard of any State, Territory, District, or
possession of the United States; or
(c) Any law-enforcement agency of the United States or of any Territory, District or
possession thereof, or of any State or political subdivision of a State, or of any
agency or instrumentality of one or more States; or
(d) Any duly established diplomatic mission or consular office of a foreign
government which is so recognized by the Department of State; or
(e) Any nationally recognized organization of persons who are veterans of the armed
forces of the United States, or affiliates of such organizations.
(3) Every registration statement required to be filed by any organization shall contain
the following information and documents:
(a) The name and post-office address of the organization in the United States, and
the names and addresses of all branches, chapters, and affiliates of such
organization;
(b) The name, address, and nationality of each officer, and of each person who
performs the functions of an officer, of the organization, and of each branch, chapter,
and affiliate of the organization;
(c) The qualifications for membership in the organization;
(d) The existing and proposed aims and purposes of the organization, and all the
means by which these aims or purposes are being attained or are to be attained;
(e) The address or addresses of meeting places of the organization, and of each
branch, chapter, or affiliate of the organization, and the times of meetings;
(f) The name and address of each person who has contributed any money, dues,
property, or other thing of value to the organization or to any branch, chapter, or
affiliate of the organization;
(g) A detailed statement of the assets of the organization, and of each branch,
chapter, and affiliate of the organization, the manner in which such assets were
acquired, and a detailed statement of the liabilities and income of the organization
and of each branch, chapter, and affiliate of the organization;
(h) A detailed description of the activities of the organization, and of each chapter,
branch, and affiliate of the organization;
(i) A description of the uniforms, badges, insignia, or other means of identification
prescribed by the organization, and worn or carried by its officers or members, or any
of such officers or members;
(j) A copy of each book, pamphlet, leaflet, or other publication or item of written,
printed, or graphic matter issued or distributed directly or indirectly by the
organization, or by any chapter, branch, or affiliate of the organization, or by any of
the members of the organization under its authority or within its knowledge, together
with the name of its author or authors and the name and address of the publisher;
(k) A description of all firearms or other weapons owned by the organization, or by
any chapter, branch, or affiliate of the organization, identified by the manufacturer's
number thereon;
(l) In case the organization is subject to foreign control, the manner in which it is
so
subject;
(m) A copy of the charter, articles of association, constitution, bylaws, rules,
regulations, agreements, resolutions, and all other instruments relating to the
organization, powers, and purposes of the organization and to the powers of the
officers of the organization and of each chapter, branch, and affiliate of the
organization; and
(n) Such other information and documents pertinent to the purposes of this section
as the Attorney General may from time to time require.
All statements filed under this section shall be public records and open to public
examination and inspection at all reasonable hours under such rules and regulations
as the Attorney General may prescribe.
(C) The Attorney General is authorized at any time to make, amend, and rescind
such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section, including
rules and regulations governing the statements required to be filed.
(D) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section shall be fined under this
title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
Whoever in a statement filed pursuant to this section willfully makes any false
statement or willfully omits to state any fact which is required to be stated, or
which is
necessary to make the statements made not misleading, shall be fined under this
title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both
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