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ber thereof may administer oaths to witnesses. The Joint Committee may use a committee seal. The provisions of sections 102 to 104, inclusive, of the Revised 2 U. s. c. Statutes, as amended, shall apply in case of any failure 192-194. of any witness to comply with a subpena or to testify when summoned under authority of this section. The expenses of the Joint Committee shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate from funds appropriated for the Joint Committee upon vouchers approved by the Chairman. The cost of stenographic service to report public hearings shall not be in excess of the amounts prescribed by law for reporting the hearings of standing committees of the Senate. The cost of stenographic service to report executive hearings shall be fixed at an equitable rate by the Joint Committee. Members of the Joint Committee, and its employees and consultants, while traveling on official business for the Joint Committee, may receive either the per diem allowance authorized to be paid to Members of Congress or its employees, or their actual and necesary expenses provided an itemized statement of such expenses is attached to the voucher.

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"SEC. 205. STAFF AND ASSISTANCE.-The Joint Com- assistance. mittee is empowered to appoint and fix the compensation of such experts, consultants, technicians, and staff_employees as it deems necessary and advisable. The Joint Committee is authorized to utilize the services, information, facilities, and personnel of the departments and establishments of the Government. The Joint Committee is authorized to permit such of its members, employees, and consultants as it deems necessary in the interest of common defense and security to carry firearms while in the discharge of their official duties for the committee.

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"SEC. 206. CLASSIFICATION OF INFORMATION.-The Classification Joint Committee may classify information originating tion. within the committee in accordance with standards used generally by the executive branch for classifying Restricted Data or defense information.

"SEC. 207. RECORDS.-The Joint Committee shall keep a complete record of all committee actions, including à record of the votes on any question on which a record vote is demanded. All committee records, data, charts, and files shall be the property of the Joint Committee and shall be kept in the offices of the Joint Committee or other places as the Joint Committee may direct under such security safeguards as the Joint Committee shall determine in the interest of the common defense and security.

"CHAPTER 18. ENFORCEMENT

"SEC. 221. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

"a. To protect against the unlawful dissemination of Restricted Data and to safeguard facilities, equipment,

Records.

General provisions.

Violation of specific sections.

Violation of sections generally.

Communication of restricted data.

materials, and other property of the Commission, the President shall have authority to utilize the services of any Government agency to the extent he may deem necessary or desirable.

"b. The Federal Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice shall investigate all alleged or suspected criminal violations of this Act.

"c. No action shall be brought against any individual or person for any violation under this Act unless and until the Attorney General of the United States has advised the Commission with respect to such action and no such action shall be commenced except by the Attorney General of the United States: Provided, however, That no action shall be brought under sections 222, 223, 224, 225 or 226 except by the express direction of the Attorney General.

"SEC. 222. VIOLATION OF SPECIFIC SECTIONS.-Whoever willfully violates, attempts to violate, or conspires to violate, any provision of sections 57, 92, or 101, or whoever unlawfully interferes, attempts to interfere, or conspires to interfere with any recapture or entry under section 108, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or by imprisonment for not more than five years, or both, except that whoever commits such an offense with intent to injure the United States or with intent to secure an advantage to any foreign nation 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), or by a fine of not more than $20,000 or by imprisonment for not more than twenty years, or both.

"SEC. 223. VIOLATION OF SECTIONS GENERALLY.-Whoever willfully violates, attempts to violate, or conspires to violate, any provision of this Act for which no penalty is specifically provided or of any regulation or order prescribed or issued under section 65 or subsections 161 b., i., or p. shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or both, except that whoever commits such an offense with intent to injure the United States or with intent to secure an advantage to any foreign nation, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than $20,000 or by imprisonment for not more than twenty years, or both.

"SEC. 224. COMMUNICATION OF RESTRICTED DATA.-— Whoever, lawfully or unlawfully, having possession of, access to, control over, or being entrusted with any document, writing, sketch, photograph, plan, model, instrument, appliance, note, or information involving or incorporating Restricted Data

"a. communicates, transmits, or discloses the same to any individual or person, or attempts or conspires

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to do any of the foregoing, with intent to injure the
United States or with intent to 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),
or by a fine of not more than $20,000 or imprison-
ment for not more than twenty years, or both;

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"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. "SEC. 225. RECEIPT OF RESTRICTED DATA.-Whoever, stricted data. 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), or by a fine of not more than $20,000 or imprisonment for not more than twenty years, or both.

"SEC. 226. TAMPERING WITH RESTRICTED DATA.-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 nuclear 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 nuclear material, 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), or by a fine of not more than $20,000 or imprisonment for not more than twenty years, or both.

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"SEC. 227. DISCLOSURE OF RESTRICTED DATA.-Who- Disclosure of ever, being or having been an employee or member of the Commission, a member of the Armed Forces, an employee of any agency of the United States, or being or having been a contractor of the Commission or of an agency of the United States, or being or having been an employee of a contractor of the Commission or of an agency of the United States, or being or having been a

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Statute of limitations.

Trespass on Commission installations.

Photographing of Commission installations.

licensee of the Commission, or being or having been an employee of a licensee of the Commission, knowingly communicates, or whoever conspires to communicate or to receive, any Restricted Data, knowing or having reason to believe that such data is Restricted Data, to any person not authorized to receive Restricted Data pursuant to the provisions of this Act or under rule or regulation of the Commission issued pursuant thereto, knowing or having reason to believe such person is not so authorized to receive Restricted Data shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine of not more than $2,500.

"SEC. 228. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.-Except for a capital offense, no individual or person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for any offense prescribed or defined in sections 224 to 226, 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.

"SEC. 229. TRESPASS UPON COMMISSION INSTALLA

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"a. The Commission is authorized to issue regulations relating to the entry upon or carrying, transporting, or otherwise introducing or causing to be introduced any dangerous weapon, explosive, or other dangerous instrument or material likely to produce substantial injury or damage to persons or property, into or upon any facility, installation, or real property subject to the jurisdiction, administration, or in the custody of the Commission. Every such regulation of the Commission shall be posted conspicuously at the location involved.

"b. Whoever shall willfully violate any regulation of the Commission issued pursuant to subsection a. shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.

"c. Whoever shall willfully violate any regulation of the Commission issued pursuant to subsection a. with respect to any installation or other property which is enclosed by a fence, wall, floor, roof, or other structural barrier shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed $5,000 or to imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.

"SEC. 230. PHOTOGRAPHING, ETC., OF COMMISSION INSTALLATIONS. "It shall be an offense, punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both

"(1) to make any photograph, sketch, picture, drawing, map or graphical representation, while present on property subject to the jurisdiction, administration or in the custody of the Commission, of

66 Public Law 84-1006 (70 Stat. 1089), sec. 6, added a new sec. 229. 47 Public Law 84-1006 (70 Stat. 1069), sec. 6, added a new sec. 230.

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any installations or equipment designated by the
President as requiring protection against the general
dissemination of information relative thereto, in the
interest of the common defense and security, with-
out first obtaining the permission of the Commis-
sion, and promptly submitting the product obtained
to the Commission for inspection or such other action
as may be deemed necessary; or

"(2) to use or permit the use of an aircraft or any
contrivance used, or designed for navigation or
flight in air, for the purpose of making a photograph,
sketch, picture, drawing, map or graphical represen-
tation of any installation or equipment designated by
the President as provided in the preceding para-
graph, unless authorized by the Commission.

"SEC. 231. OTHER LAWS.68Sections 224 to 230 shall not exclude the applicable provisions of other laws.

"SEC. 232.69INJUNCTION PROCEEDINGS.-Whenever in Injunction the judgment of the Commission any person has engaged proceedings. 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, the Attorney General on behalf of the United States 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. 233. CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS.-In case of failure or refusal to obey a subpena served upon any person pursuant to subsection 161 c., the district court for any district in which such person is found or resides or transacts business, upon application by the Attorney General on behalf of the United States, 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.

"CHAPTER 19. MISCELLANEOUS

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"SEC. 241. TRANSFER OF PROPERTY.--Nothing in this Transfer of Act shall be deemed to repeal, modify, amend, or alter property. the provisions of section 9 (a) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, as heretofore amended.70

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68 Public Law 84-1006 (70 Stat. 1069), sec. 7, amended former sec. 229 and redesignated it as sec. 231. Before amendment, sec. 229 read:

"SEC. 229. OTHER LAWS.-Sections 224 to 228 shall not exclude the applicable provisions of any other laws."

Public Law 84–1006 (70 Stat. 1069), sec. 6, renumbered former sec. 230 to sec. 232.

70 See appendix B, sec. 9(a).

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