{"identifier":"/us/usc/t50/s843","title":50,"num":"\u00a7\u202f843.","heading":"Application of Internal Security Act of 1950 to members of Communist Party and other subversive organizations; \u201cCommunist Party\u201d defined","text":"\u00a7\u202f843.\nApplication of Internal Security Act of 1950 to members of Communist Party and other subversive organizations; \u201cCommunist Party\u201d defined\n(a) Whoever knowingly and willfully becomes or remains a member of (1) the Communist Party, or (2) any other organization having for one of its purposes or objectives the establishment, control, conduct, seizure, or overthrow of the Government of the United States, or the government of any State or political subdivision thereof, by the use of force or violence, with knowledge of the purpose or objective of such organization shall be subject to all the provisions and penalties of the Internal Security Act of 1950, as amended [\n50 U.S.C. 781\n(b) For the purposes of this section, the term \u201cCommunist Party\u201d means the organization now known as the Communist Party of the United States of America, the Communist Party of any State or subdivision thereof, and any unit or subdivision of any such organization, whether or not any change is hereafter made in the name thereof.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t50/s843.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t50/s843","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f843."},{"t":"heading","text":"Application of Internal Security Act of 1950 to members of Communist Party and other subversive organizations; \u201cCommunist Party\u201d defined"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t50/s843/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"content","text":" Whoever knowingly and willfully becomes or remains a member of (1) the Communist Party, or (2) any other organization having for one of its purposes or objectives the establishment, control, conduct, seizure, or overthrow of the Government of the United States, or the government of any State or political subdivision thereof, by the use of force or violence, with knowledge of the purpose or objective of such organization shall be subject to all the provisions and penalties of the Internal Security Act of 1950, as amended [","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"50 U.S.C. 781","href":"/us/usc/t50/s781","tail":" et seq.], as a member of a \u201cCommunist-action\u201d organization."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t50/s843/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"content","text":" For the purposes of this section, the term \u201cCommunist Party\u201d means the organization now known as the Communist Party of the United States of America, the Communist Party of any State or subdivision thereof, and any unit or subdivision of any such organization, whether or not any change is hereafter made in the name thereof.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}