Title 50 — War and National DefenseRelease 119-73not60
§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
No government money can be used to pay people or companies to study or make plans about giving up the United States and its people to another country. Federal employees or officials also cannot be paid from those funds if they suggest, sign, or have signed contracts for those kinds of studies or plans for any reason.
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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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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
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60