§ 6105. Forfeiture for subversive activities
(a)
Any individual who is convicted after September 1, 1959, of any offense listed in subsection (b) of this section shall, from and after the date of commission of such offense, have no right to gratuitous benefits (including the right to burial in a national cemetery) under laws administered by the Secretary based on periods of military, naval, or air service commencing before the date of the commission of such offense and no other person shall be entitled to such benefits on account of such individual. After receipt of notice of the return of an indictment for such an offense the Secretary shall suspend payment of such gratuitous benefits pending disposition of the criminal proceedings. If any individual whose right to benefits has been terminated pursuant to this section is granted a pardon of the offense by the President of the United States, the right to such benefits shall be restored as of the date of such pardon.
(b)
The offenses referred to in subsection (a) of this section are those offenses for which punishment is prescribed in—
(1)
sections
894,
904, and
906 of title
10 (articles 94, 104, and 106 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice);
(2)
sections
175,
229,
792,
793,
794,
798,
831,
1091,
2332a,
2332b,
2381,
2382,
2383,
2384,
2385,
2387,
2388,
2389,
2390, and chapter
105 of title
18;
(c)
The Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Homeland Security, as appropriate, shall notify the Secretary in each case in which an individual is convicted of an offense listed in paragraph (1) of subsection (b). The Attorney General shall notify the Secretary in each case in which an individual is indicted or convicted of an offense listed in paragraph (2), (3), or (4) of subsection (b).