SECTION 1. (a) Whenever the President 1 shall find that there exists a state of ward between, or among, two or more foreign stated the President shall proclaim such fact, and. it shall thereafter be unlawful to export, or attempt to export, or cause to be exported arms, ammunition, or implements of war frond any place in the United States to any belligerent state named in such proclamation, or two any neutral state for transshipment to, or for the use of, any such belligerent state. 7
(b) The President shall, from time to time, by proclamation, extend such embark upon the export of arms, ammunition, or implements of war to other states as and when they may become involved in such war.
(c) Whenever the President shall find that a state of civil strife exists in a foreign state and that such civil strife is of a magnitude or is being conducted under such condi tions that the export of arms, ammunition, or implements of war from the United States to such foreign state would threaten or endanger the peace of the United States, the President shall proclaim such fact, and it
shall thereafter be unlawful to export, or attempt to export, or cause to be exported, arms, ammunition, or implements of war from any place in the United States to such foreign state, or to any neutral state for transshipment to, or for the use of, such foreign state.
(d) The President shall, from time to time by proclamation, definitely enumerate the arms, ammunition, and implements of war export of which is prohibited by this section. The arms, ammunition, and implements of war so enumerated shall include those enuerated in the President's proclamation Numbered 2163, of April 10, 1936, but shall not include raw materials or any other articles or materials not of the same general character a those enumerated in the said proclamation,in the Convention for the Supervision of the International Trade in Arms and Ammunition and in Implements of War, signed
at Geneva June 17,1925.
(e) Whoever, in
violation of any of the
provisions of this Act, shall export,
or attempt to export, or cause to be
exported, arms, ammunition, or
implements of war from the United
States shall be fined not more than
10,000 or imprisoned not more
than five years , or both....
(f) In the case of the forfeiture of any arms, ammunition, or implements of war by
reason of a violation of this Act, . . such arms ammunition, or implements of war shall
delivered to the Secretary of War for such use or disposal thereof as shall be approved by the President of the Unted States.
(g) Whenever, in the judgment of the dent, the conditions which have caused to issue any proclamation under the authority of this section have ceased to exist, call revoke the same, and the provisions of this section shall thereupon cease to apply with respect to the state or states named in such proclamation, except with respect to offenses committed, or forfeitures incurred, prior to such revocation.
EXPORT OF OTHER ARTICLES AND
MATERIALS
Sec. 2. (a) Whenever the President shall
have issued a proclamation under the authoritv of section 1 of this Act and he shall thereafter find that the placing of restrictions on the shipment of certain articles or materials in addition to arms, ammunition, and implements of war from the United States to belligerent states, or to a state wherein civil strife exists, is necessary to promote the security or preserve the peace of the United States or to protect the lives of citizens of the United States, he shall so proclaim, and it shall thereafter be unlawful, for any American vessel to carry such articles or materials to any belligerent state, or to any state wherein civil strife exists, named in such proclamation issued under the authority of section 1 of this Act, or to any neutral state for transshipment to, or for the use of, any such belligerent state or any such state wherein civil strife exists. The President shad by proclamation from time to time definitely enumerate the articles and materials which it shall be unlawful for American vessels to so transport....
(c) The President shall from time to time by proclamation extend such restrictions as are imposed under the authority of this section to other states as and when they may be declared to become belligerent states under proclamations issued under the authority of section I of this Act.
(d) The President may from time to time change, modify, or revoke in whole or in part any proclamations issued by him under the authority of this section.
(e) Except with respect to offenses committed, or forfeitures incurred, prior to May 1, 1939, this section and all proclamations issued thereunder shall not be effective after May 1, 1939.
FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS,
SEC. 3. (a) Whenever the President shaflll have issued a proclamation under the authority of section 1 of this Act, it shall thereafter be unlawful for any person within the United States to purchase, sell, or exchange bonds, securities, or other obligations of the government of any belligerent state or of any state wherein civil strife exists, named in such proclamation, or of any political subdivision of any such state, or of any person acting for or on behalf of the government of any such state, or of any faction or asserted government within any such state wherein civil strife exists, or of any person acting for or on behalf of any faction or asserted govern
ment within any such state wherein civil strife exists, issued after the date of such proclamation, or to make any loan or extend any credit to any such government, political subdivision, faction, asserted government, or person, or to solicit or receive any contribution for any such government, political subdivision, faction, asserted government, or person: Provided, That if the President shall find that such action will serve to protect the commercial or other interests of the United States or its citizens, he may, in his discretion, and to such extent and under such regulations as he may prescribe, except from the operation of this section ordinary commercial credits and short-time obligations in aid of legal transactions and of a character customarily used in normal peacetime commercial transactions. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit the solicitation or collection of funds to be used for medical aid and assistance, or for food and clothing to relieve human suffering, when such solicitation or collection of funds is made on behalf of and for use by any person or organization which is not acting for or on behalf of any such government, political subdivision, faction or asserted government, but all such solicitations and collections of funds shall be subject to the approval of the President and shall be made under such rules and regulations as he shall prescribe....
(c) Whoever shall violate the provisions of this section or of any regulations issued hereunder shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $50,000 or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both. Should the violation be by a corporation, organization, or association, each officer or agent thereof participating in the violation may be liable to the penalty herein prescribed . . .
EXCEPTIONS— AMERICAN REPUBLICS
SEC. 4. This Act shall not apply to an American republic or republics engaged in war against a non-American state or states, provided the American republic is not cooperating with a nonAmerican state or states in such war.
NATIONAL MUNITIONS
CONTROL BOARD
SEC. 5. (a) There is hereby established a National Munitions Control Board (hereinafter referred to as the 'Broad') the provisions of this Act. The Board shall consist of the Secretary of State, who shall be chairman and executive officer of the Board, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy , and the Secretary of Commerce. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, or by other law, the administration of this Act is vested in the Department of State. The Secretary 4 of State shall promulgate such rules and regulations with regard to the enforcement of this section as he may deem necessary to carry out its provisions. The Board shall be convened by the chairman and shall hold at least one meeting a year.
(b) Every person who engages in the business of manufacturing, exporting, or importing any of the arms, ammunition, or imple ments of war referred to in this Act, whether as an exporter, importer, manufacturer, or dealer, shall register with the Secretary of State his name, or business name, principal place of business, and places of business in the United States, and a list of the arms, ammunition, and implements of war which he manufactures, imports, or exports.
(c3 Every person required to register am l der this section shall notify the Secretary of State of any change in the arms, ammunition or implements of war which he exports, im
ports, or manufactures; . . .
(d) It shall be unlawful for any person to export, or attempt to export, from the United States to any other state, any of the arms, ammunition, or implements of war referred to in this Act, or to import, or attempt to import, to the United States from any other state, any of the arms, ammunition, or implements of war referred to in this Act, without first having obtained a license therefor....
(k) The President is hereby authorized to proclaim upon recommendation of the Board from time to time a list of articles which shall be considered arms, ammunition, and imply ments of war for the purposes of this section.
AMERICAN VESSELS
PROHIBITED FROM
CARRYING ARMS TO BELLIGERENT STATES
Sec. 6. (a) Whenever the President shall have issued a proclamation under the authority of section 1 of this Act, it shall thereafter be unlawful, until such proclamation is revoked. for anv American vessel to carry any
arms, ammunition, or implements of war to any belligerent state, or to any state wherein civil strife exists, named in such proclamation, or to any neutral state for transshipment to, or for the use of, any such belligerent state or s my such state wherein civil strife exists.
(b) Whoever, in violation of the provisions of this section, shall take, or attempt to tase, or shall authorize, hire, or solicit another to tare, any American vessel carrying such cargo out of port or from the jurisdiction of t'nc United States shall be fined not more than $10,000, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both; and, in addition, such vessel, and her tackle, apparel, furniture, and equipment, and the arms, ammunition, and implements of war on board, shall be forfeited to the United States.
USE OF AMERICAN PORTS AS BASE OF
SUPP LY
SEC. 7(a) Whenever, during any war in which t'ne United States is neutral, the President, or any person thereunto authorized by him, shall have cause to believe that any vessel, domestic or foreign, whether requiring clearance or not, is about to carry out of a port of the United States, fuel, men, arms, ammunition, implements of war, or other supplies, to any warship, tender, or supply ship of a belligerent state, but the evidence is not deemed sufficient to justify forbidding the departure of the vessel as provided for by section 1, title V, chapter 30, of the Act approved l une 15, 1917, and if, in the President's judgment, such action will serve to maintain peace between the United States and foreign states, or to protect the commercial interests of the
lUnited States and its citizens, or to promote the security or neutrality of the United States,
be shall have the power and it shall be his duty to require the owner, master, or person
in command thereof, before departing from a
ports of the United States, to give a bond to the United States, with sufficient sureties, in such amount as he shall deem proper, conditioned that the vessel will not deliver the men, any part of the cargo, to any warship, tender or supply ship of a belligerent state.
(b) If the President, or any person thereunto authorized by him, shall find that a vesl, domestic or foreign, in a port of the United . hates, has previously cleared from a port of the United States during such war and delivered its cargo or any part thereof to a warship, tender, or supply ship of a belligerent state, he may prohibit the departure of such vessel during the duration of the war.
SUBMARINES AND ARMED MERCHANT
VESSELS
SEC. 8. Whenever, during any war in which the United States is neutral, the President shall find that special restrictions placed on the use of the ports and territorial waters of the United States by the submarines or armed merchant vessels of a foreign state, will serve to maintain peace between the United States and foreign states, or to protect the commercial interests of the United States and its citizens, or to promote the security of the United States, and shall make proclamation therefore, it shall thereafter be unlawful for any such submarine or armed merchant vessel to enter a port or the territorial waters of the United States or to depart therefrom, except under such conditions and subject to such limitations as the President may prescribe. Whenever, in his judgment, the conditions which have caused him to issue his proclamation have ceased to exist, he shall revoke his proclamation and the provisions of this section shall thereupon cease to apply.
TRAVEL ON VESSELS OF BELLIGERENT
STATES
SEC. 9. Whenever the President shall have issued a proclamation under the authority of section 1 of this Act it shall thereafter be unlawful for any citizen of the United States to travel on any vessel of the state or states named in such proclamation, except in accordance with such rules and regulations as the President shall prescribe: . . .
ARMING OF AMERICAN MERCHANT VESSELS
PROHIBITED
SEC. 10. Whenever the President shall have issued a proclamation under the authority of section I, it shall thereafter be unlawful, until such proclamation is revoked, for any American vessel engaged in commerce with any belligerent state, or any state wherein civil strife exists, named in such proclamation, to be armed or to carry any armament, arms, ammunition, or implements of war, except small arms and ammunition therefor which the President may deem necessary and
shall publicly designate for the preservation of discipline aboard such vessels.
REGULAT IONS
SEC. 11. The President may, from time to time, promulgate such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, as may be necessary and proper to carry out any of the provisions of this Act; and he may exercise any power or authority conferred on him by this Act through such officer or officers, or agency or agencies, as he shall direct . . .
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