Whoever, for the purpose of
obtaining information respecting the national defense with intent or reason to believe that the information is to be used to the injury of the United States, or to the advantage of any foreign nation, goes upon, enters, flies over, or
otherwise obtains information concerning any vessel, aircraft, work of defense, navy yard, naval station, submarine base, fueling station, fort, battery, torpedo station, dockyard, canal, railroad, arsenal, camp, factory, mine,
telegraph, telephone, wireless, or signal station, building, office, research laboratory or station or other place connected with the national defense owned or constructed, or in progress of construction by the
United States or under the control of the
United States,
or of any of its officers,departments, or agencies, or within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, or any place in which any vessel, aircraft, arms, munitions, or other materials or instruments for use in time of war are being made, prepared, repaired, stored, or are the subject of research or development, under any contract or agreement with the
United States, or any
department or
agency thereof, or with any
person on behalf of the
United States, or otherwise on behalf of the
United States, or any prohibited place so designated by the President by proclamation in time of war or in case of national emergency in which anything for the use of the Army, Navy, or Air Force is being prepared or constructed or stored, information as to which prohibited place the President has determined would be prejudicial to the national defense; or
person, o
r from any source whatever, any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blueprint, plan, map, model, instrument, appliance, or note, of anything connected with the national defense, knowing or having reason to believe, at the time he receives or obtains, or agrees or attempts to receive or obtain it, that it has been or will be obtained, taken, made, or disposed of by any
person contrary to the provisions of this chapter; or
United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation, willfully communicates, delivers, transmits or causes to be communicated, delivered, or transmitted or attempts to communicate, deliver, transmit or cause to be communicated, delivered or transmitted the same to any
personnot entitled to receive it, or willfully retains the same and fails to deliver it on demand to the officer or
employee of the
United States entitled to receive it; or
United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation, willfully communicates, delivers, transmits or causes to be communicated, delivered, or transmitted, or attempts to communicate, deliver, transmit or cause to be communicated, delivered, or transmitted the same to
any person not entitled to receive it, or willfully retains the same and fails to deliver it to the officer oremployee of the United States entitled to receive it; or
persons conspire to violate any of the foregoing provisions of this section, and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each of the parties to such conspiracy shall be subject to the punishment provided for the offense which is the object of such conspiracy.
person convicted of a violation of this section shall forfeit to the
United States, irrespective of any provision of
State law, any property constituting, or derived from, any proceeds the
person obtained, directly or indirectly, from any
foreign government, or any faction or party or military or naval force within a foreign country, whether recognized or unrecognized by the
United States, as the result of such violation. For the purposes of this subsection, the term
“State” includes a
Stateof the
United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the
United States.
United States all property described in paragraph (1) of this subsection.
Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (
21 U.S.C. 853(b), (c), and (e)–(p)) shall apply to—
section 524(c) of title 28, there shall be deposited in the Crime Victims Fund in the Treasury all amounts from the forfeiture of property under this subsection remaining after the payment of expenses for forfeiture and sale authorized by law.
