Subversive Activities Control Act

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Subversive_Activities_Control_Act
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Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:McCarran_Act
gptkbp:codifiedIn gptkb:50_U.S.C._§§_781–799
gptkbp:criticizedFor infringing civil liberties
targeting political beliefs
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1950
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:enforcedBy gptkb:Subversive_Activities_Control_Board
gptkbp:established gptkb:Subversive_Activities_Control_Board
gptkbp:historicalName gptkb:Cold_War
gptkb:Second_Red_Scare
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Subversive Activities Control Act
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
gptkbp:publicLawNumber gptkb:Pub.L._81–831
gptkbp:purpose to investigate subversive activities
to require registration of Communist organizations
to restrict employment and travel of Communists
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:McCarthyism
gptkb:Red_Scare
gptkb:Internal_Security_Act_of_1950
gptkbp:repealedBy some sections repealed in 1993
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
gptkbp:subjectOf Supreme Court cases
gptkbp:title An Act to protect the United States against certain un-American and subversive activities by requiring registration of Communist organizations, and for other purposes.
gptkbp:vetoedBy gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:United_States_v._Robel
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6