§ 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—
(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.