Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 11 — Foreign Agents and Propaganda
§ 615. Books and records
Statutory text
Every agent of a foreign principal registered under this subchapter shall keep and preserve while he is an agent of a foreign principal such books of account and other records with respect to all his activities, the disclosure of which is required under the provisions of this subchapter, in accordance with such business and accounting practices, as the Attorney General, having due regard for the national security and the public interest, may by regulation prescribe as necessary or appropriate for the enforcement of the provisions of this subchapter and shall preserve the same for a period of three years following the termination of such status. Until regulations are in effect under this section every agent of a foreign principal shall keep books of account and shall preserve all written records with respect to his activities. Such books and records shall be open at all reasonable times to the inspection of any official charged with the enforcement of this subchapter. It shall be unlawful for any person willfully to conceal, destroy, obliterate, mutilate, or falsify, or to attempt to conceal, destroy, obliterate, mutilate, or falsify, or to cause to be concealed, destroyed, obliterated, mutilated, or falsified, any books or records required to be kept under the provisions of this section.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 75–327 § 5 · 52 Stat. 631
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 615
June 8, 1938, ch. 327, § 5, 52 Stat. 633
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 8, 1938, ch. 327, § 5, 52 Stat. 633Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 5. Any person who willfully fails to file any statement required Penalty provisions. to be filed under this Act, or in complying with the provisions of this Act, makes a false statement of a material fact, or willfully omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than two years, or both.Pub. L. 89–486 § 5 · 80 Stat. 244
Inserted · 22 U.S.C. § 615
Pub. L. 89–486 inserted “in accordance with such business and accounting practices,” after “under the provisions of this subchapter,”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 89–486 inserted “in accordance with such business and accounting practices,” after “under the provisions of this subchapter,”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 5. Section 5 of such Act is amended by inserting after “the 56 Stat. 256. 22 USC 615. provisions of this Act,” where they first appear the words “in accordance with such business and accounting practices,”.Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 89–486 effective ninety days after July 4, 1966, see section 9 of Pub. L. 89–486, set out as a note under section 611 of this title.
2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
Prior to general amendment of act , by act , section related to penalties. Provisions on that subject were incorporated in section 618 of this title by 1942 amendment.
Amendments1942–1966 · 2 rounds
1966
Pub. L. 89–486 inserted “in accordance with such business and accounting practices,” after “under the provisions of this subchapter,”.
1942
Act , amended section generally.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1966 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 89–486 effective ninety days after , see section 9 of Pub. L. 89–486, set out as a note under section 611 of this title.
Effective Date of 1942 Amendment
Amendment by act , effective on the sixtieth day after , except that prior to such sixtieth day the Attorney General may make, prescribe, amend, and rescind such rules, regulations, and forms as may be necessary to carry out act , see section 3 of act , set out as a note under section 611 of this title.
Credits
1938–1966 · 3 acts
- 1938June 8, 1938, ch. 327, § 5, 52 Stat. 633
- 1942Apr. 29, 1942, ch. 263, § 1, 56 Stat. 256
- 1966Pub. L. 89–486, § 5, , 80 Stat. 247.
Show as published
(June 8, 1938, ch. 327, § 5, 52 Stat. 633; Apr. 29, 1942, ch. 263, § 1, 56 Stat. 256; Pub. L. 89–486, § 5, , 80 Stat. 247.)