Public Law 81-507

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:McCarran_Internal_Security_Act
gptkbp:amendedBy various subsequent acts
gptkbp:citation 64 Stat. 987
gptkbp:containsProvision detention of suspected subversives during national emergency
establishment of the Subversive Activities Control Board
registration of Communist organizations
restrictions on employment of Communists in defense facilities
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1950-09-23
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Public Law 81-507
gptkbp:opposedBy civil liberties organizations
gptkbp:purpose to protect the United States against certain un-American and subversive activities
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:McCarthyism
gptkb:Red_Scare
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:Non-Detention_Act_of_1971
gptkbp:shortName gptkb:Internal_Security_Act_of_1950
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:National_Science_Foundation_Act_of_1950
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5