Alien Registration Act of 1940

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Smith_Act
gptkbp:citation	gptkb:Yates_v._United_States gptkb:Dennis_v._United_States
gptkbp:criminalizes	membership in organizations advocating violent overthrow advocacy of violent overthrow of government
gptkbp:dateEnacted	June 28, 1940
gptkbp:enactedBy	gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:enforcedBy	gptkb:Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Alien Registration Act of 1940
gptkbp:location	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:publicLawNumber	76-670
gptkbp:purpose	set criminal penalties for advocating overthrow of U.S. government require registration of non-citizen adult residents
gptkbp:repealedBy	1957
gptkbp:requires	registration and fingerprinting of aliens
gptkbp:section	Title I of the Act
gptkbp:signedBy	gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkbp:statutesAtLargeCitation	gptkb:54_Stat._670
gptkbp:usedIn	prosecutions of Communist Party members prosecutions of fascist sympathizers
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Smith_Act gptkb:McCarran-Walter_Act
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6