§ 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—

• (1) section 793, 794, 798, or section 1030(a)(1) of this title ;
• (2) section 601 of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 421 ); 1 1 See References in Text note below. or
• (3) section 4(b) or 4(c) of the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950 ( 50 U.S.C. 783(b) or (c));