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secure an advantage to any foreign nation, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by death or imprisonment for life (but the penalty of death or imprisonment for life may be imposed only upon recommendation of the jury and only in cases where the offense was committed with intent to injure the United States), or by a fine of not more than $20,000 or imprisonment for not more than twenty years, or both;

"(B) communicates, transmits, or discloses the same to any individual or person, or attempts or conspires to do any of the foregoing, with reason to believe such data will be utilized to injure the United States or to secure an advantage to any foreign nation, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than ten years, or both. "b. Whoever, with intent to injure the United States or with intent to secure an advantage to any foreign nation, acquires, or attempts or conspires to acquire any document, writing, sketch, photograph, plan, model, instrument, appliance, note or information involving or incorporating restricted data shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by death or imprisonment for life (but the penalty of death or imprisonment for life may be imposed only upon recommendation of the jury and only in cases where the offense was committed with intent to injure the United States), or by a fine of not more than $20,000 or imprisonment for not more than twenty years, or both. "c. Whoever, with intent to injure the United States or with intent to secure an advantage to any foreign nation, removes, conceals, tampers with, alters, mutilates, or destroys any document, writing, sketch, photograph, plan, model, instrument, appliance, or note involving or incorporating restricted data and used by any individual or person in connection with the production of special material, or research or development relating to atomic energy, conducted by the United States, or financed in whole or in part by Federal funds, or conducted with the aid of special material, shall be punished by death or imprisoned for life (but the penalty of death or imprisonment for life may be imposed only upon recommendation of the jury and only in cases where the offense was committed with intent to injure the United States), or by a fine of not more than $20,000 or imprisonment for not more than twenty years or both.

"d. Whoever, being an employee of the Commission or of any agency of Government, or being a contractor of the Commission or of a Government agency, or being an employee of a contractor of the Commission or of a Government agency, or being a licensee of the Commission, or being an employee of a licensee of the Commission communicates restricted data to any person not authorized to receive such data pursuant to the provisions of this Act and its rules and regulations made thereunder, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine of not more than $2,500.

"e. Whoever, having received restricted data from an employee of the Commission, or of any agency of Government, from a contractor of the Commission or of a Government agency, or from an employee of a contractor of the Commission or of a Government agency, or from a licensee of the Commission or from an employee of a licensee of the Commission, and having reason to believe that such information is restricted data communicates it in any way to any person not author

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AMEND ATOMIC ENERGY ACT OF 1946

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ized to receive such data pursuant to the provisions of this Act and to rules and regulations made thereunder, shall, upon conviction thereof be punishable by a fine of not more than $2,500.

"f. No individual or person shall be prosecuted, tried or punished for any offense not a capital offense contained in sections 223 a. to c., inclusive, of this Act unless the indictment is found or the information is instituted within ten years next after such offense shall have been committed.

"g. This section shall not exclude the applicable provisions of any other laws.

"SEC. 224. INJUNCTION PROCEEDINGS.-Whenever in the judgment of the Commission any person has engaged or is about to engage in any acts or practices which constitute or will constitute a violation of any provision of this Act, or any regulation or order issued thereunder, it may make application to the appropriate court for an order enjoining such acts or practices, or for an order enforcing compliance with such provision, and upon a showing by the Commission that such person has engaged or is about to engage in any such acts or practices a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order, or other order may be granted.

"SEC. 225. CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS.-In case of failure or refusal to obey a subpena served upon any person pursuant to section 161 c., the district court for any district in which such person is found or resides or transacts business, upon application by the Commission, shall have jurisdiction to issue an order requiring such person to appear and give testimony or to appear and produce documents, or both, in accordance with the subpena; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.

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"CHAPTER 20. MISCELLANEOUS

51. The Commission shall submit to the Congress, in Jan
of each year, a report concerning the activities of the
The Commission shall include in such report, and sha
r times as it deems desirable submit to the Congress,
ndations for additional legislation as the Commission d
or desirable.

261. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated
nay be necesary and appropriate to carry out the provi
>oses of this Act. The Acts appropriating such sums.
ate specified portions thereof to be accounted for upor
on of the Commission only. Funds appropriated to
ion shall, if obligated by contract during the fiscal yea
propriated, remain available for expenditure for four
the expiration of the fiscal year for which appropri
h four-year period, the unexpended balances of appro
1 be carried to the surplus fund and covered into the Trea
71. If any provision of this Act or the application of
to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, th
of this Act or the application of such provision to pe
istances other than those as to which it is held invalid,
'ected thereby.

281. This Act may be cited as the 'Atomic Energy A

Section 2 of the Act of December 29, 1950, is amende the end thereof "and (d) of the Atomic Energy Commi ursuant to section 188 of the Atomic Energy Act of 19

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