--- type: "LegalText" title: "50 U.S.C. § 811 to 826" description: "Repealed. Pub. L. 92–128, § 2(a), Sept. 25, 1971, 85 Stat. 348" jurisdiction: "us" corpus: "united_states_code" kind: "code_section" title_number: 50 title_name: "WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE" chapter_number: "23" chapter_name: "INTERNAL SECURITY" section: "811 to 826" citation: "50 U.S.C. § 811 to 826" status: "current" release_point: "119-100" release_date: "2026-06-26" source: "official" source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc50@119-100.zip" source_identifier: "/us/usc/t50/s811...826" source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-50/usc50.xml" source_hash: "14308e05c834c0ed1d67f4efc6113ba8c22c2cad3c6b2bc7a3c91b7d9cb4f768" raw_snapshot_hash: "708c288b5448617cab7b03b8011860274671c9aec56686858b910a06948cd7ac" text_hash: "6937588aa29cdad32de5346d468ce7843380f292f2b0aedb14573944371eb7fc" retrieved_at: "2026-07-04" confidence: "official" tags: ["legal", "us-code"] --- # 50 U.S.C. § 811 to 826 - Repealed. Pub. L. 92–128, § 2(a), Sept. 25, 1971, 85 Stat. 348 ## Notes Section 811, act Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1024, title II, § 101, 64 Stat. 1019, related to Congressional finding of necessity. Section 812, act Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1024, title II, § 102, 64 Stat. 1021, related to declaration of “internal security emergency” by the President, events warranting the declaration, and period of existence. Section 813, act Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1024, title II, § 103, 64 Stat. 1021, related to detention during emergency and to release. Section 814, act Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1024, title II, § 104, 64 Stat. 1022, related to procedure for apprehension and detention, providing in subsecs. (a) to (h), respectively, for warrants and applications; service of warrants and apprehension, and copies for persons apprehended; places of confinement, provision for transportation, food, shelter, etc., and supervision; preliminary hearing, rights of detainee, evidence, orders and reports of hearing officer, and appointment of preliminary hearing officers; receipt of additional information upon request of detainee, and revocation or modification of detention order; presentation of evidence in case of Board or court review and right to withhold certain information; regulations by Attorney General and exclusion of forced labor and confinement with criminals; and bimonthly reports to President and Congress during emergency. Section 815, act Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1024, title II, § 105, 64 Stat. 1023, related to the Detention Review Board, providing in subsecs. (a) to (d), respectively, for creation of Board, membership, terms, designation of Chairman, and removal; Board divisions, vacancies, powers of remaining members, quorums, official seal, and judicial notice thereof; reports to Congress and its contents; and dissolution upon termination of emergency, release of detainees, conclusion of proceedings, and subsequent establishment. Section 816, act Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1024, title II, § 106, 64 Stat. 1024, related to salaries of Board members, other personnel, use of agencies and services, expenses, and appropriations. Section 817, act Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1024, title II, § 107, 64 Stat. 1024, specified the District of Columbia as Board headquarters and related to meetings and hearings outside the District. Section 818, act Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1024, title II, § 108, 64 Stat. 1024, related to rules and regulations by the Board and applicability of the Administrative Procedure Act. Section 819, act Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1024, title II, § 109, 64 Stat. 1025, related to powers and duties of Board, providing in subsecs. (a) to (j), respectively, for review of, and action on, orders and claims, and determination of security risks; time for hearing on petition for review, the notice and place; information which may be given to detainee in review cases; subpenas, oaths, affirmations, witnesses, evidence, aid of courts, and contempt; service of papers, fees and mileage, and information from other Government agencies; rights of detainee at hearing; consideration of confidential evidence, reduction of evidence to writing, and additional testimony, and argument; evidentiary matters considered in deciding questions as to security risks; necessity for reasonable ground for belief, and claims for indemnity and receipt of evidence having probative value. Section 820, acts Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1024, title II, § 110, 64 Stat. 1027; Aug. 28, 1958, Pub. L. 85–791, § 30(a), 72 Stat. 950, related to orders of Board, providing in subsecs. (a) to (e), respectively, for revocation of detention order; orders sustaining or denying indemnity claims; dismissal of petition and confirmation of detention order; report and recommended order of hearing examiner, and effectiveness after expiration of time period; and modification or setting aside by Board of its own findings or orders prior to court review. Section 821, acts Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1024, title II, § 111, 64 Stat. 1028; Aug. 28, 1958, Pub. L. 85–791, § 30(b), (c), 72 Stat. 950, 951, related to judicial review, providing in subsecs. (a) to (g), respectively, for rights of petitioner; orders granting indemnity and right of Attorney General; courts of appeals, place, petition, time, service, record, statement, powers of court, and conclusiveness of Board’s finding; additional evidence, modification of, or new, findings by Board, recommendations, exclusiveness of court jurisdiction, finality of judgment, and review by Supreme Court; commencement of review proceeding as stay of Board’s order; time of finality of Board’s order; and applicability of Administrative Procedure Act. Section 822, act Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1024, title II, § 112, 64 Stat. 1029, related to resisting, disregarding, or evading apprehension, escape or attempts at escape, conspiracy, and to penalties. Section 823, act Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1024, title II, § 113, 64 Stat. 1030, related to aiding evasion of apprehension or escape, concealment, conspiracy, and to penalties. Section 824, act Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1024, title II, § 114, 64 Stat. 1030, related to resistance of, or interference with, Board members or agents and to penalties. Section 825, act Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1024, title II, § 115, 64 Stat. 1030, related to definitions. Section 826, act Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1024, title II, § 116, 64 Stat. 1030, related to preservation of privilege of habeas corpus.