REGISTRATION AND FINGERPRINTING OF ALIENS WITHIN 30 DAYS OF ARRIVAL

SEC. 31. (a) It shall be the duty of every alien now or hereafter in the United States, who (1) is fourteen years of age or older, (2) has not been registered and fingerprinted under section 30, and (3) remains in the United States for thirty days or longer, to apply for registration and to be fingerprinted before the expiration of such thirty days. (54 Stat. 673-674; 8 U. S. C. 452.)

REGISTRATION BY PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF ALIENS UNDER 14 YEARS OF AGE

(b) It shall be the duty of every parent or legal guardian of any alien now or hereafter in the United States, who (1) is less than fourteen years of age, (2) has not been registered under section 30, and (3) remains in the United States for thirty days or longer, to apply for the registration of such alien before the expiration of such thirty days. Whenever any alien attains his fourteenth birthday in the United States he shall, within thirty days thereafter, apply in person for registration and to be fingerprinted. (54 Stat. 674; 8 U.S. C. 452.)

FOUR MONTHS' REGISTRATION PERIOD FOR ALIENS IN THE UNITED STATES ON AUGUST 27, 1940; EXEMPTION OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND THEIR FAMILIES; AUTHORITY TO PRESCRIBE REGULATIONS

SEC. 32. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 30 and 31— (a) The application for the registration and fingerprinting, or for the registration, of any alien who is in the United States on the effective date of such sections may be made at any time within four months after such date.

(b) No foreign government official, or member of his family, shall be required to be registered or fingerprinted under this title. (c) The Commissioner is authorized to prescribe, with the approval of the Attorney General, special regulations for the regístration and fingerprinting of (1) alien seamen, (2) holders of border-crossing identification cards, (3) aliens confined in institutions within the United States, (4) aliens under order of deportation, and (5) aliens of any other class not lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence. (54 Stat. 674; 8 U. S. C. 453.)

REGISTRATION AND FINGERPRINTING AT POST OFFICES OR OTHER
DESIGNATED PLACES

SEC. 33. (a) All applications for registration and fingerprinting under section 31 shall be made at post offices or such other places as may be designated by the Commissioner. (54 Stat. 674; 8 U. S. Č. 454.)

DUTIES OF POSTMASTERS TO REGISTER AND FINGERPRINT ALIENS; TRANSMITTAL OF RECORDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

(b) It shall be the duty of every postmaster, with such assistance as shall be provided by the Commissioner, to register and fingerprint any applicant for registration and fingerprinting under such section, and for such purposes to designate appropriate space in the local post office for such registration and fingerprinting. Every postmaster shall forward promptly to the Department of Justice, at Washington, District of Columbia, the registration and fingerprint record of every alien registered and fingerprinted by him.

The Commissioner may designate such other places for registration and fingerprinting as may be necessary for carrying out the provisions of this Act, and provide for registration and fingerprinting of aliens at such places by officers or employees of the Immigration and Naturalization Service designated by the Commissioner. The duties imposed upon any postmaster under this Act shall also be performed by any employees at the post office of such postmaster who are designated by the postmaster for such purpose. (54 Stat. 674; 8 U. S. C. 454.)

FORMS FOR REGISTRATION AND FINGERPRINTING OF ALIENS

SEC. 34. (a) The Commissioner is authorized and directed to prepare forms for the registration and fingerprinting of aliens under this title. Such forms shall contain inquiries with respect to (1) the date and place of entry of the alien into the United States; (2) activities in which he has been and intends to be engaged; (3) the length of time he expects to remain in the United States; (4) the criminal record, if any, of such alien; and (5) such additional matters as may be prescribed by the Commissioner, with the approval of the Attorney General. (54 Stat. 674; 8 U. S. C. 455.)

REGISTRATION AND FINGERPRINTING RECORDS SECRET AND CONFIDENTIAL

(b) All registration and fingerprint records made under the provisions of this title shall be secret and confidential, and shall be made available only to such persons or agencies as may be designated by the Commissioner, with the approval of the Attorney General. (54 Stat. 674; 8 U. S. C. 455.)

REGISTRATION INFORMATION TO BE UNDER OATH

(c) Every person required to apply for the registration of himself or another under this title shall submit under oath the information required for such registration. Any person authorized to register aliens under this title shall be authorized to administer oaths for such purpose. (54 Stat. 674-675; 8 U. S. C. 455.)

NOTICE OF CHANGE OF RESIDENCE AND ADDRESS OR RESIDENT ALIENS WITHIN 5 DAYS; INFORMATION OF ADDRESS OF ALIENS TEMPORARILY IN THE UNITED STATES AT EXPIRATION OF EACH THREE MONTHS

SEC. 35. Any alien required to be registered under this title who is a resident of the United States shall notify the Commissioner in writing of each change of residence and new address within five days from the date of such change. Any other alien required to be registered under this title shall notify the Commissioner in writing of his address at the expiration of each three months' period of residence in the United States. In the case of an alien for whom a parent or legal guardian is required to apply for registration, the notices required by this section shall be given by such parent or legal guardian. (54 Stat. 675; 8 U. S. C. 456.)

PENALTY FOR FAILURE OR REFUSAL TO APPLY FOR REGISTRATION AND

FINGERPRINTING

SEC. 36. (a) Any alien required to apply for registration and to be fingerprinted who willfully fails or refuses to make such applica

tion or to be fingerprinted, and any parent or legal guardian required to apply for the registration of any alien who willfully fails or refuses to file application for the registration of such alien shall, upon conviction thereof be fined not to exceed $1,000 or be impris oned not more than six months, or both. (54 Stat. 675; 8 U. S. C. 457.)

PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO GIVE WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE COMMISSIONER
OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS

(b) Any alien, or any parent or legal guardian of any alien, who fails to give written notice to the Commissioner of change of address as required by section 35 of this Act shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not to exceed $100, or be imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both. (54 Stat. 675; 8 U. S. C. 457.)

PENALTY FOR FRAUD IN REGISTRATION OR FORGERY OF RECEIPT CARD

(c) Any alien or any parent or legal guardian of any alien, who files an application for registration containing statements known by him to be false, or who procures or attempts to procure registration of himself or another person through fraud, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not to exceed $1,000, or be imprisoned not more than six months, or both; and any alien so convicted within five years after entry into the United States shall, upon the warrant of the Attorney General, be taken into custody and be deported in the manner provided in sections 19 and 20 of the Immigration Act of February 5, 1917, as amended. (54 Stat. 675; 8 U. S. C. 457.)

(d) Any person who with unlawful intent photographs, prints, or in any other manner makes, or executes, any engraving, photograph, print, or impression in the likeness of an alien registration receipt card or any colorable imitation thereof, except when and as authorized under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Attorney General, shall upon conviction, be fined not to exceed $5,000 or be imprisoned not more than five years, or both.61 (55 Stat. 736; 8 U. S. Č. 455.)

AUTHORITY TO MAKE RULES AND REGULATIONS; POWERS OF THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL TO BE EXERCISED THROUGH AUTHORIZED OFFICERS OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

SEC. 37. (a) The Commissioner, with the approval of the Attorney General, is authorized and empowered to make and prescribe, and from time to time to change and amend, such rules and regulations not in conflict with this Act as he may deem necessary and proper in aid of the administration and enforcement of this title (including provisions for the identification of aliens registered under this title); except that all such rules and regulations, insofar as they relate to the performance of functions by consular officers or officers or employees in the Postal Service, shall be prescribed by the Secretary of State and the Postmaster General, respectively, upon recommendation of the Attorney General. The powers conferred upon the Attorney General by this Act and all other powers of the Attorney General relating to the administration of the Immi

The Act of October 13, 1941 (55 Stat. 736; 8 U. S. C. 455), added subd. (d) to this section, see p. 124.

gration and Naturalization Service may be exercised by the Attorney General through such officers of the Department of Justice, including officers of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, attorneys, special attorneys, and special assistants to the Attorney General, as he may designate specifically for such purposes. (54 Stat. 675; 8 U. S. C. 458.)

AUTHORIZATION FOR EXPENDITURES; EMPLOYEES AND RENTAL OF

QUARTERS

(b) The Commissioner is authorized to make such expenditures, to employ such additional temporary and permanent employees, and to rent such quarters outside the District of Columbia as may be necessary for carrying out the provisions of this title. (54 Stat. 675; 8 U. S. C. 458.)

DEFINITION OF "UNITED STATES" AND "COMMISSIONER"; EFFECTIVE DATES OF THE ACT

SEC. 38. (a) For the purposes of this title

(1) the term "United States", when used in a geographical sense, means the States, the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands;

(2) the term "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization.

(b) The provisions of this title shall take effect upon the date of enactment of this Act; except that sections 30 and 31 shall take effect sixty days after the date of its enactment. (54 Stat. 675676; 8 U. S. C. 459.)

REGISTRATION AND FINGERPRINTING IN THE PANAMA CANAL ZONE

SEC. 39. The President is authorized to provide, by Executive order, for the registration and fingerprinting, in a manner as nearly similar to that provided in this title as he deems practicable, of aliens in the Panama Canal Zone, (54 Stat. 676; 8 U. S. C. 460.)

TITLE IV

VALIDITY OF THE ACT IF ANY PART HELD TO BE INVALID

SEC. 40. If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the Act, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby. (54 Stat. 676.)

TITLE OF THE ACT

SEC. 41. This Act may be cited as the "Alien Registration Act, 1940". (54 Stat. 676.)

Approved, June 28, 1940.

ACCREDITED OFFICIALS OF A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT, THEIR FAMILIES, ATTENDANTS, SERVANTS, AND EMPLOYEES

[Act of July 1, 1940 (54 Stat. 711), amending sec. 3, and sec. 15, Act of May 26, 1924 (8 U. S. C. 203, 215), incorporated at pp. 41 and 54, respectively.]

COMPENSATION FOR OVERTIME SERVICE
Act approved August 22, 1940

TO PROVIDE FOR THE DEPOSIT OF CERTAIN COLLECTIONS FOR OVERTIME
IMMIGRATION SERVICES ΤΟ THE CREDIT OF THE APPROPRIATION
CHARGEABLE WITH THE PAYMENT FOR SUCH SERVICES, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That moneys collected on or after July 1, 1941, as extra compensation for overtime service of inspectors and employees of the Immigration Service pursuant to the Act of March 2, 1931 (46 Stat. 1467), shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the appropriation for the payment of salaries, field personnel of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and the appropriation so credited shall be available for the payment of such compensation.62 (54 Stat. 858; 8 U. S. C. 109c.)

ACT TO PROVIDE BETTER FACILITIES FOR ENFORCEMENT OF THE CUSTOMS AND IMMIGRATION LAWS

[Act of October 10, 1940 (54 Stat. 1091), amending the Act of June 26, 1930 (19 U. S. C. 68), incorporated at p. 95.]

NATIONALITY ACT OF 1940

Act approved October 14, 1940

CHAPTER I-DEFINITIONS

SEC. 101. For the purposes of this Act

DEFINITION OF "NATIONAL”

(b) The term "national of the United States" means (1) a citizen of the United States, or (2) a person who, though not a citizen of the United States, owes permanent allegiance to the United States. It does not include an alien.63 (54 Stat. 1137; 8 U. S. C. 501.)

FORMER CITIZENS OF UNITED STATES EXCEPTED FROM CERTAIN

REQUIREMENTS

SEC. 317. (c) A person who shall have been a citizen of the United States and also a national of a foreign state, and who shall have lost his citizenship of the United States under the provisions of section 401 (e) of this Act, shall be entitled to the benefits of the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, except that contained in subdivision (2) thereof. Such person, if abroad, may enter the United States as a nonquota immigrant, for the purpose of recovering his citizenship, upon compliance with the provisions of the Immigration Acts of 1917 and 1924. (54 Stat. 1147; 8 U. S. C. 717.)

02 See also Act of March 2, 1931 (46 Stat. 1467-1468; 8 U. S. C. 109a-109b), p. 97, for other provisions covering compensation for overtime service.

For other provisions covering the definition of "alien," see sec. 1, Act of February 5, 1917 (8 U. S. C. 173), p. 1. Act of March 24, 1934 (48 U. S. C. 1238), p. 100, and sec. 28 (b), Act of May 26, 1924 (8 U. S. C. 224), p. 59.