The justification for this legislation parallels that under which Public Law 87369 was enacted. By reason of our military. diplomatic. and commercial commitments around the world. American citizens are traveling in or resident in every quarter of the globe. The same is true of aliens who have been admitted to the United States as permanent residents in preparation for naturalization. Under the sedition statute as now written. they would be immune to prosecution for any seditious act which they might commit on foreign soil. Wherever such an act is committed. it is directly injurious to the United States. and the Supreme Court has already decided in the case of U.S. v.
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