# § 3239. Optional venue for espionage and related offenses
The trial for any offense involving a violation, begun or committed upon the high seas or elsewhere out of the jurisdiction of any particular State or district, of—
**(1)** section 793, 794, 798, or section 1030(a)(1) of this title;
**1** section 601 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 421); [^1] or
See References in Text note below.
**(3)** section 4(b) or 4(c) of the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 783(b) or (c));
may be in the District of Columbia or in any other district authorized by law.
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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXII, § 320909(a), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2127.)
## Editorial Notes
### References in Text
The National Security Act of 1947, referred to in par. (2), is , , which was formerly classified principally to chapter 15 (§ 401 et seq.) of Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to editorial reclassification in chapter 44 (§ 3001 et seq.) of Title 50. Section 601 of this Act is now classified to . For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
### Prior Provisions
A prior section 3239, , , related to threatening communications, prior to repeal by , , .