Title 50, War and National DefenseRelease 119-102
§3328 Study or Plan of Surrender; Use of Appropriations
Title 50 › CHAPTER 45 — MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY AUTHORITIES › SUBCHAPTER II — PERSONNEL AND ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES › § 3328
Summary
Federal money may not be used to pay any person, business, or group to study or make plans about when, how, or under what conditions the United States and its people should be surrendered to a foreign power. The government also may not pay any federal employee or official who proposes, arranges, or signs contracts to carry out those studies or plans.
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Title 50, §3328
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No part of the funds appropriated in any act shall be used to pay (1) any person, firm, or corporation, or any combinations of persons, firms, or corporations, to conduct a study or to plan when and how or in what circumstances the Government of the United States should surrender this country and its people to any foreign power, (2) the salary or compensation of any employee or official of the Government of the United States who proposes or contracts or who has entered into contracts for the making of studies or plans for the surrender by the Government of the United States of this country and its people to any foreign power in any event or under any circumstances.
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 407 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
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50 U.S.C. § 3328
Title 50, War and National Defense
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102