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Edited on Thu Sep-21-06 05:16 PM by originalpckelly
Loyalty Act of 200X (Introduced in Senate)
S 3916 IS
109th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3916
To authorize the detention of disloyal Americans in a time of war or national crisis
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
XX, 200X
Mr. KYL introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To authorize the detention of disloyal Americans in a time of war or national crisis
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Loyalty Act of 200X'.
SECTION 2. LOYALTY
Whoever, when the United States is at war or in a time of national crisis, shall willfully make or convey false reports or false statements with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the military or naval forces of the United States, or to promote the success of its enemies, or shall willfully make or convey false reports, or false statements, or say or do anything except by way of bona fide and not disloyal advice to an investor with intent to obstruct the sale by the United States of bonds or the making of loans by or to the United States, or whoever, when the United States is at war, shall willfully cause or incite insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty, in the military or naval forces of the United States, or shall willfully obstruct the recruiting or enlistment service of the United States, and whoever, when the United States is at war, shall willfully utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of government of the United States, or the Constitution of the United States, or the military or naval forces of the United States, or the flag or the uniform of the Army or Navy of the United States, or any language intended to bring the form of government or the Constitution or the military or naval forces or the flag of the United States into contempt, scorn, contumely, or disrepute or shall willfully display the flag of any foreign enemy, or shall willfully urge, incite, or advocate any curtailment of production in this country of any thing or things necessary or essential to the prosecution of the war and whoever shall willfully advocate, teach, defend, or suggest the doing of any of the acts or things in this section enumerated and whoever shall by word or act support or favor the cause of any country with which the United States is at war or by word or act oppose the cause of the United States therein, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than twenty years, or both
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