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I n s e c t pests, transportation. S u p e r v i s i o n of deportable alien.

Violation by alien.

R e v o c a t ion of natDralization.

Refusal to testify.

PUBLIC LAW 779-SEPT. 3, 1954

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SEC. 16. Section 4 of the Act approved March 3, 1905 (ch. 1501, 33 Stat. 1270; 7 U.S.C. sec, 144) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 4. Whoever violates the provisions of section 1 of this Act shall, for each offense, be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.". SEC. 17. Subsection (d) of section 242 of the Act of June 27, 1952 (ch. 477, Title II, chapter 5, 66 Stat. 208 (211); 8 U.S.C. sec. 1252 (d)) is amended by striking out, after "activity," in the third sentence thereof, the words "shall upon conviction be guilty of a felony, and shall be fined not more than $1,000 or shall be", and in lieu thereof inserting "shall be fined not more than $1,000 or", so that such subsection will read as follows: " (d) Any alien, against whom a final order of deportation as defined in subsection (c) heretofore or hereafter issued has been outstanding for more than six months, shall, pending eventual deportation, be subject to supervision under regulations prescribed by the Attorney General. Such regulations shall include provisions which will require any alien subject to supervision (1) to appear from time to time before an immigration officer for identification; (2) to submit, if necessary, to medical and psychiatric examination at the expense of the United States; (3) to give information under oath as to his nationality, circumstances, habits, associations, and activities, and such other information, whether or not related to the foregoing, as the Attorney General may deem fit and proper; and (4) to conform to such reasonable written restrictions on his conduct or activities as are prescribed by the Attorney General in his case. Any alien who shall willfully fail to comply with such regulations, or willfully fail to appear or to give information or submit to medical or psychiatric examination if required, or knowingly give false information in relation to the requirements of such regulations, or knowingly violate a reasonable restriction imposed upon his conduct or activity, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.". SEC. 18. Subsection (a) of section 340 of the Act of June 27, 1952 (ch. 477, Title III, chapter 2, 66 Stat. 260; 8 U.S.C. sec 1451 (a)) is amended by striking out, in the first phrase of the first sentence thereof, the term "United States district attorneys", and in lieu thereof inserting "United States attorneys", so that such subsection will read as follows: " (a) I t shall be the duty of the United States attorneys for the respective districts, upon affidavit showing good cause therefor, to institute proceedings in any court specified in subsection (a) of section 310 of this title in the judicial district in which the naturalized citizen may reside at the time of bringing suit, for the purpose of revoking and setting aside the order admitting such person to citizenship and canceling the certificate of naturalization on the ground that such order and certificate of naturalization were procured by concealment of a material fact or by willful misrepresentation, and such revocation and setting aside of the order admitting such person to citizenship and such canceling of certificate of naturalization shall be effective as of the original date of the order and certificate, respectively: Provided, That refusal on the part of a naturalized citizen within a period of ten years following his naturalization to testify as a witness in any proceeding before a congressional committee concerning his subversive activities, in a case where such person has been convicted of contempt for such refusal, shall be held to constitute a ground for revocation of such person's naturalization under this subsection as having been procured by concealment of a material fact or by willful misrepresentation. If the naturalized citizen does