22 USC § 619 - Territorial applicability of subchapter

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title: "22 USC § 619 - Territorial applicability of subchapter"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "619"
section_name: "Territorial applicability of subchapter"
chapter_number: 11
chapter_name: "FOREIGN AGENTS AND PROPAGANDA"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "REGISTRATION OF FOREIGN PROPAGANDISTS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 8, 1938, ch. 327, § 9, as added Apr. 29, 1942, ch. 263, § 1, 56 Stat. 257; amended Proc. No. 2695, July 4, 1946, 11 F.R. 7517, 60 Stat. 1352.)"
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# § 619. Territorial applicability of subchapter

This subchapter shall be applicable in the several States, the District of Columbia, the Territories, the Canal Zone, the insular possessions, and all other places now or hereafter subject to the civil or military jurisdiction of the United States.

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**Source Credit**: (June 8, 1938, ch. 327, § 9, as added Apr. 29, 1942, ch. 263, § 1, 56 Stat. 257; amended Proc. No. 2695, July 4, 1946, 11 F.R. 7517, 60 Stat. 1352.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

For definition of Canal Zone, referred to in text, see .

### Codification

Words “including the Philippine Islands,” omitted from section pursuant to Proc. No. 2695, which granted independence to the Philippine Islands under the authority of , under which section Proc. No. 2695 is set out as a note.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective on the sixtieth day after , except that prior to such sixtieth day the Attorney General may make, prescribe, amend, and rescind such rules, regulations, and forms as may be necessary to carry out act , see section 3 of act , set out as an Effective Date of 1942 Amendment note under .