may hereafter he [be] granted a visa and admitted to the United States, if otherwise admissible: Provided, That the alien has committed only one such offense. Act of September 3, 1954 (68 STAT. 1146) Amends sec. 349 (a) (9), Act of June 27, 1952 (66 Stat. 163, 268), see 1953 Ed., p. 180, and SII-13. Expatriation Act of 1954. 62 Stat. 808. Expatriation Act of 1954 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Expatriation Act of 1954". Sec. 2. Paragraph (9) of subsection (a) of section 349 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 163, 268; 8 U.S. C. 1481 (a) (9)) is amended to read as follows: "(9) committing any act of treason against, or attempting by force to overthrow, or bearing arms against, the United States, violating or conspiring to violate any of the provisions of section 2383 of title 18, United States Code, or willfully performing any act in violation of section 2385 of title 18, United States Code, or violating section 2384 of said title by engaging in a conspiracy to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, if and when he is convicted thereof by a court martial or by a court of competent jurisdiction; or". Act of September 3, 1954 (68 STAT. 1282) Amends secs. 242 (d) and 340 (a), Act of June 27, 1952 (66 Stat. 208, 260), see 1953 Ed., pp. 86 and 166, and SII-12. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That *** Supervision of deportable alien. Sec. 17. Subsection (d) of section 242 of the Act of June 27, 1952 (ch. 477, Title II, chapter 5, 66 Stat. 208 (211); 8 U. S. C., sec. 1252 (d)) is amended by striking out, after "activity," in the third sentence thereof, the words "shall upon conviction be guilty of a felony, and shall be fined not more than $1,000 or shall be", and in lieu thereof inserting "shall be fined not more than $1,000 or", so that such subsection will read as follows: "(d) Any alien, against whom a final order of deportation as defined in subsection (c) heretofore or hereafter issued has been outstanding for more than six months, shall, pending eventual deportation, be subject to supervision under regulations prescribed by the Attorney General. Such regulations shall include provisions which will require any alien subject to supervision (1) to appear from time to time before an immigration officer for identification; (2) to submit, if necessary, to medical and psychiatric examination at the expense of the United States; (3) to give information under oath as to his nationality, circumstances, habits, associations, and activities, and such other information, whether or not related to the foregoing, as the Attorney General may deem fit and proper; and (4) to conform to such reasonable written restrictions on his conduct or activities as are prescribed by the Attorney General in his case. Any alien who shall willfully fail to Violation by comply with such regulations, or willfully fail to appear or to give information or submit to medical or psychiatric examination if required, or knowingly give false information in relation to the requirements of such regulations, or knowingly violate a reasonable restriction imposed upon his conduct or activity, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both." Sec. 18. Subsection (a) of section 340 of the Act of June 27, 1952 (ch. 477, Title III, chapter 2, 66 Stat. 260; 8 U. S. C., sec. 1451 (a)) is amended by striking out, in the first phrase of the first sentence thereof, the term "United States district attorneys", and in lieu thereof inserting "United States attorneys", so that such subsection will read as follows: alien. naturalization. "(a) It shall be the duty of the United States attorneys for Revocation of the respective districts, upon affidavit showing good cause therefor, to institute proceedings in any court specified in subsection (a) of section 310 of this title in the judicial district in which the naturalized citizen may reside at the time of bringing suit, for the purpose of revoking and setting aside the order admitting such person to citizenship and canceling the certificate of naturalization on the ground that such order and certificate of naturalization were procured by concealment of a material fact or by willful misrepresentation, and such revocation and setting aside of the order admitting such person to citizenship and such canceling of certificate of naturalization shall be effective as of the original date of the Refusal to testify. order and certificate, respectively: Provided, That refusal on the part of a naturalized citizen within a period of ten years following his naturalization to testify as a witness in any proceeding before a congressional committee concerning his subversive activities, in a case where such person has been convicted of contempt for such refusal, shall be held to constitute a ground for revocation of such person's naturalization under this subsection as having been procured by concealment of a material fact or by willful misrepresentation. If the naturalized citizen does not reside in any judicial district in the United States at the time of bringing such suit, the proceedings may be instituted in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia or in the United States district court in the judicial district in which such person last had his residence." |