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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 2386. Registration of certain organizations
(A) For the purposes of this section:
"Attorney General" means the Attorney General of the United
States;
"Organization" means any group, club, league, society, committee,
association, political party, or combination of individuals,
whether incorporated or otherwise, but such term shall not include
any corporation, association, community chest, fund, or foundation,
organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable,
scientific, literary, or educational purposes;
"Political activity" means any activity the purpose or aim of
which, or one of the purposes or aims of which, is the control by
force or overthrow of the Government of the United States or a
political subdivision thereof, or any State or political
subdivision thereof;
An organization is engaged in "civilian military activity" if:
(1) it gives instruction to, or prescribes instruction for, its
members in the use of firearms or other weapons or any substitute
therefor, or military or naval science; or
(2) it receives from any other organization or from any
individual instruction in military or naval science; or
(3) it engages in any military or naval maneuvers or
activities; or
(4) it engages, either with or without arms, in drills or
parades of a military or naval character; or
(5) it engages in any other form of organized activity which in
the opinion of the Attorney General constitutes preparation for
military action;
An organization is "subject to foreign control" if:
(a) it solicits or accepts financial contributions, loans, or
support of any kind, directly or indirectly, from, or is
affiliated directly or indirectly with, a foreign government or a
political subdivision thereof, or an agent, agency, or
instrumentality of a foreign government or political subdivision
thereof, or a political party in a foreign country, or an
international political organization; or
(b) its policies, or any of them, are determined by or at the
suggestion of, or in collaboration with, a foreign government or
political subdivision thereof, or an agent, agency, or
instrumentality of a foreign government or a political
subdivision thereof, or a political party in a foreign country,
or an international political organization.
(B)(1) The following organizations shall be required to register
with the Attorney General:
Every organization subject to foreign control which engages in
political activity;
Every organization which engages both in civilian military
activity and in political activity;
Every organization subject to foreign control which engages in
civilian military activity; and
Every organization, the purpose or aim of which, or one of the
purposes or aims of which, is the establishment, control, conduct,
seizure, or overthrow of a government or subdivision thereof by the
use of force, violence, military measures, or threats of any one or
more of the foregoing.
Every such organization shall register by filing with the
Attorney General, on such forms and in such detail as the Attorney
General may by rules and regulations prescribe, a registration
statement containing the information and documents prescribed in
subsection (B)(3) and shall within thirty days after the expiration
of each period of six months succeeding the filing of such
registration statement, file with the Attorney General, on such
forms and in such detail as the Attorney General may by rules and
regulations prescribe, a supplemental statement containing such
information and documents as may be necessary to make the
information and documents previously filed under this section
accurate and current with respect to such preceding six months'
period. Every statement required to be filed by this section shall
be subscribed, under oath, by all of the officers of the
organization.
(2) This section shall not require registration or the filing of
any statement with the Attorney General by:
(a) The armed forces of the United States; or
(b) The organized militia or National Guard of any State,
Territory, District, or possession of the United States; or
(c) Any law-enforcement agency of the United States or of any
Territory, District or possession thereof, or of any State or
political subdivision of a State, or of any agency or
instrumentality of one or more States; or
(d) Any duly established diplomatic mission or consular office of
a foreign government which is so recognized by the Department of
State; or
(e) Any nationally recognized organization of persons who are
veterans of the armed forces of the United States, or affiliates of
such organizations.
(3) Every registration statement required to be filed by any
organization shall contain the following information and documents:
(a) The name and post-office address of the organization in the
United States, and the names and addresses of all branches,
chapters, and affiliates of such organization;
(b) The name, address, and nationality of each officer, and of
each person who performs the functions of an officer, of the
organization, and of each branch, chapter, and affiliate of the
organization;
(c) The qualifications for membership in the organization;
(d) The existing and proposed aims and purposes of the
organization, and all the means by which these aims or purposes are
being attained or are to be attained;
(e) The address or addresses of meeting places of the
organization, and of each branch, chapter, or affiliate of the
organization, and the times of meetings;
(f) The name and address of each person who has contributed any
money, dues, property, or other thing of value to the organization
or to any branch, chapter, or affiliate of the organization;
(g) A detailed statement of the assets of the organization, and
of each branch, chapter, and affiliate of the organization, the
manner in which such assets were acquired, and a detailed statement
of the liabilities and income of the organization and of each
branch, chapter, and affiliate of the organization;
(h) A detailed description of the activities of the organization,
and of each chapter, branch, and affiliate of the organization;
(i) A description of the uniforms, badges, insignia, or other
means of identification prescribed by the organization, and worn or
carried by its officers or members, or any of such officers or
members;
(j) A copy of each book, pamphlet, leaflet, or other publication
or item of written, printed, or graphic matter issued or
distributed directly or indirectly by the organization, or by any
chapter, branch, or affiliate of the organization, or by any of the
members of the organization under its authority or within its
knowledge, together with the name of its author or authors and the
name and address of the publisher;
(k) A description of all firearms or other weapons owned by the
organization, or by any chapter, branch, or affiliate of the
organization, identified by the manufacturer's number thereon;
(l) In case the organization is subject to foreign control, the
manner in which it is so subject;
(m) A copy of the charter, articles of association, constitution,
bylaws, rules, regulations, agreements, resolutions, and all other
instruments relating to the organization, powers, and purposes of
the organization and to the powers of the officers of the
organization and of each chapter, branch, and affiliate of the
organization; and
(n) Such other information and documents pertinent to the
purposes of this section as the Attorney General may from time to
time require.
All statements filed under this section shall be public records
and open to public examination and inspection at all reasonable
hours under such rules and regulations as the Attorney General may
prescribe.
(C) The Attorney General is authorized at any time to make,
amend, and rescind such rules and regulations as may be necessary
to carry out this section, including rules and regulations
governing the statements required to be filed.
(D) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section shall
be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years,
or both.
Whoever in a statement filed pursuant to this section willfully
makes any false statement or willfully omits to state any fact
which is required to be stated, or which is necessary to make the
statements made not misleading, shall be fined under this title or
imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
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