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Extend Communist Control Act to DSA
Extends the legal prohibitions of the Communist Control Act of 1954 to the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), treating DSA membership and activities the same as membership in the Communist Party, with the same statutory penalties and restrictions.
- Population Scope Low Only DSA members and affiliates are directly affected, a small fraction of the U.S. population well under 1%.
- Budgetary Magnitude Low The bill authorizes no appropriations and references no specific dollar amounts or funding streams.
- Legal / Regulatory Depth High Creates a new statutory prohibition with binding criminal consequences for membership in a named organization, a substantive legal change of the highest order.
- Degree of Discretion Granted Low The bill imposes categorical prohibitions with no agency rulemaking authority or discretionary enforcement latitude delegated to any official.
- Implementation & Enforcement Burden High Extends existing criminal penalties and membership prohibitions to the DSA, imposing a recurring case-by-case adjudicatory burden to identify and prosecute covered members.
- Temporal Commitment High Amends permanent statutory law with no sunset or reauthorization requirement, binding future actors indefinitely unless Congress affirmatively repeals it.
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Summary
This bill would amend the Communist Control Act of 1954 to treat the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) the same way that law treats the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA). Under the 1954 law, the CPUSA is declared an illegal organization and membership in it carries legal consequences. This bill would extend those same restrictions and legal penalties to the DSA and any successor organizations.
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Regulatory or Legal Changes Top 1
Extend Communist Control Act to DSA
Extends the legal prohibitions of the Communist Control Act of 1954 to the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), treating DSA membership and activities the same as membership in the Communist Party, with the same statutory penalties and restrictions.
- Population Scope Low Only DSA members and affiliates are directly affected, a small fraction of the U.S. population well under 1%.
- Budgetary Magnitude Low The bill authorizes no appropriations and references no specific dollar amounts or funding streams.
- Legal / Regulatory Depth High Creates a new statutory prohibition with binding criminal consequences for membership in a named organization, a substantive legal change of the highest order.
- Degree of Discretion Granted Low The bill imposes categorical prohibitions with no agency rulemaking authority or discretionary enforcement latitude delegated to any official.
- Implementation & Enforcement Burden High Extends existing criminal penalties and membership prohibitions to the DSA, imposing a recurring case-by-case adjudicatory burden to identify and prosecute covered members.
- Temporal Commitment High Amends permanent statutory law with no sunset or reauthorization requirement, binding future actors indefinitely unless Congress affirmatively repeals it.
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Extend Communist Control Act to DSA
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