Public No. 24, 65th Congress, approved, June 15, 1917. Page Espionage Act 1 17 of 1917... Public No. 135, 65th Congress, approved, Apr. 20, 1918. To punish willful injury or destruction of war materials... Public No. 150, 65th Congress, approved, May 16, 1918. Amendment to Espionage Act of 1917.. Public Res. 64 (Extract), 66th Congress, approved, Mar. 3, 1921. To Public No. 418, 75th Congress, approved, Jan. 12, 1938. Prohibit making Public No. 443, 76th Congress, approved, Mar. 28, 1940. To amend Public No. 886, 76th Congress, approved, Nov. 30, 1940. To amend Act of Apr. 20, 1918. Act to punish willful injury or destruction of war materials Public No. 234, 77th Congress, approved, Aug. 21, 1941. To amend Act of Public No. 532, 77th Congress, approved, Apr. 29, 1942. Amends the Public No. 706, 77th Congress, approved, Aug. 24, 1942. Suspending Public No. 844, 77th Congress, approved, Dec. 24, 1942. To amend Act Public No. 384, 78th Congress, approved, June 30, 1944. To implement Amends Sec. 6 52 To prevent dis 53 Public No. 831 (Extract), 81st Congress. Became law Sept. 23, 1950. 55 57 59 60 Public No. 772, 83d Congress. Expatriation Act, 1954, Persons convicted Public No. 893, 84th Congress, approved August 1, 1956, to require the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PUBLIC-No. 24-65TH CONGRESS.) (H. R 291.) An Act To punish acts of interference with the foreign relations, the neutrality, and the foreign commerce of the United States, to punish espionage, and better to enforce the criminal laws of the United States, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled: TITLE I. ESPIONAGE. SECTION 1. That (a) whoever, for the purpose of obtaining information respecting the national defense with intent or reason to believe that the information to be obtained is to be used to the injury of the United States, or to the advantage of any foreign nation, goes upon, enters, flies over, or otherwise obtains information concerning any vessel, aircraft, work of defense, navy yard, naval station, submarine base, coaling station, fort, battery, torpedo station, dockyard, canal, railroad, arsenal, camp, factory, mine, telegraph, telephone, wireless, or signal station, building, office, or other place connected with the national defense, owned or constructed, or in progress of construction by the United States or under the control of the United States, or of any of its officers or agents, or within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, or any place in which any vessel, aircraft, arms, munitions, or other materials or instruments for use in time of war are being made, prepared, repaired, or stored, under any contract or agreement with the United States, or with any person on behalf of the United States, or otherwise on behalf of the United States, or any prohibited place within the meaning of section six of this title, or (b) whoever for the purpose aforesaid, and with like intent or reason to believe, copies, takes, makes, or obtains, or attempts, or induces or aids another to copy, take, make, or obtain, any sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blue print, plan, map, model, instrument, appliance, document, writing, or note of anything connected with the national defense, or (c) whoever, for the purpose aforesaid, receives or obtains or agrees or attempts or induces or aids another to receive or obtain from any person, or from any source whatever, any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blue print, plan, map, model, instrument, appliance, or note, of anything connected with the national defense, knowing or having reason to believe, at the time he receives or obtains, or agrees or attempts or induces or aids another to receive or obtain it, that it has been or will be obtained, taken, made or disposed of by any person contrary to the provisions of this title; or (d) whoever, lawfully or unlawfully having possession of, access to, control over, or being intrusted with any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blue print, plan, map, model, instrument, |