Title 50 — War and National Defense
Chapter 23 — Internal Security
§ 853. Retention of registration statements; public examination; withdrawal
Statutory text
The Attorney General shall retain in permanent form one copy of all registration statements filed under this subchapter. They shall be public records and open to public examination at such reasonable hours and under such regulations as the Attorney General prescribes, except that the Attorney General, having due regard for the national security and public interest, may withdraw any registration statement from public examination.
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. 84–849 § 4 · 70 Stat. 731
Enacted · 50 U.S.C. § 853
(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 849, § 4, 70 Stat. 900.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 849, § 4, 70 Stat. 900.)
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Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was not enacted as part of the Internal Security Act of 1950 which comprises subchapters I to III of this chapter.
Credits
(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 849, § 4, 70 Stat. 900.)