Title 50 — War and National DefenseRelease 119-73
§842 Proscription of Communist Party, its successors, and subsidiary organizations
Title 50 › Chapter CHAPTER 23— - INTERNAL SECURITY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - COMMUNIST CONTROL › § 842
Summary
The Communist Party of the United States and any successor group under any name that tries to overthrow the U.S., state, or local governments by force lose the legal rights and privileges given to organized bodies. This does not change the Internal Security Act of 1950 (as amended).
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Title 50, §842
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The Communist Party of the United States, or any successors of such party regardless of the assumed name, whose object or purpose is to overthrow the Government of the United States, or the government of any State, Territory, District, or possession thereof, or the government of any political subdivision therein by force and violence, are not entitled to any of the rights, privileges, and immunities attendant upon legal bodies created under the jurisdiction of the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof; and whatever rights, privileges, and immunities which have heretofore been granted to said party or any subsidiary organization by reason of the laws of the United States or any political subdivision thereof, are terminated: Provided, however, That nothing in this section shall be construed as amending the Internal Security Act of 1950, as amended [50 U.S.C. 781 et seq.]
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The Internal Security Act of 1950, as amended, referred to in text, is act Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1024, 64 Stat. 987, which is classified principally to subchapters I to III of this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 781 of this title and Tables. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Communist Control Act of 1954, and not as part of the Internal Security Act of 1950 which comprises subchapters I to III of this chapter.
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50 U.S.C. § 842
Title 50 — War and National Defense
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73