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 778 Repeals. 50 USC 784(c), 78S(c). Mailing requirements, e t c. Taxes.

Subversive A c tivities C o n t r o l Board.

PUBLIC LAW 637-AUG. 24, 1954

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STAT.

'c) Subsections 5(c) and 6 (c) of such Act are repealed. 5EC. 8. (a) Section 10 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 789) is amended by inserting, immediately after the words "final order of the Board requiring it to register under section 7", the words "or determining that it is a Communist-infiltrated organization". (b) Subsections (a) and (b) of section 11 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 790) are amended by inserting immediately preceding the period at the end of each such subsection, the following: "or determining that it is a Communist-infiltrated organization". SEC. 9. (a) Subsection 12(e) of such Act (50 U.S.C. 791) is amended by— (1) striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the word "and"; and (2) inserting at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(3) upon any application made under subsection (a) or subsection (b) of section 13A of this title, to determine whether any organization is a Communist-infiltrated organization." (b) The section caption to section 13 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 792) is amended to read as follows: "REGISTRATION PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE BOARD".

SEC. 10. Such Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 13 thereof, the following new section: "PROCEEDINGS W I T H RESPECT TO COMMUNIST-INFILTRATED ORGANIZATIONS

Evidence for determination.

"SEC. 13A. (a) Whenever the Attorney General has reason to believe that any organization is a Communist-infiltrated organization, he may file with the Board and serve upon such organization a petition for a determination that such organization is a Communist-infiltrated organization. I n any proceeding so instituted, two or more affiliated organizations may be named as joint respondents. Whenever any such petition is accompanied by a certificate of the Attorney General to the effect that the proceeding so instituted is one of exceptional public importance, such proceeding shall be set for hearing at the earliest possible time and all proceedings therein before the Board or any court shall be expedited to the greatest practicable extent. "(b) Any organization which has been determined under this section to be a Communist-infiltrated organization may, within six months after such determination, file with the Board and serve upon the Attorney General a petition for a determination that such organization no longer is a Communist-infiltrated organization. "(c) Each such petition shall be verified under oath, and shall contain a statement of the facts relied upon in support thereof. Upon the filing of any such petition, the Board shall serve upon each party to such proceeding a notice specifying the time and place for hearing upon such petition. No such hearing shall be conducted within twenty days after the service of such notice. " (d) The provisions of subsections (c) and (d) of section 13 shall apply to hearings conducted under this section, except that upon the failure of any organization named as a party in any petition filed by or duly served upon it pursuant to this section to appear at any hearing upon such petition, the Board may conduct such hearing in the absence of such organization and may enter such order under this section as the Board shall determine to be warranted by evidence presented at such hearing. "(e) I n determining whether any organization is a Communistinfiltrated organization, the Board shall consider— "(1) to what extent, if any, the effective management of the

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