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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities

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Corporate name headingUnited States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
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Variant(s)HUAC (United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities)
United States. Congress. Committee on Un-American Activities
House Un-American Activities Committee (U.S.)
United States. House Un-American Activities Committee
See alsoPredecessor: United States. Congress. House. Special Committee on Un-American Activities (1938-1944)
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Successor: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Internal Security
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Hierarchical superior: United States. Congress. House
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Beginning date1945-01-03
Ending date1969-02-18
Found inIts Investigation of un-American activities ... Report ... 1946.
Information from 678 converted Dec. 18, 2014 (created by House resolution 5, adopted on Jan. 3, 1945, by the first session of the Seventy-ninth Congress; Committee on un-American activities was made a standing committee of the House at the beginning of the Seventy-ninth Congress. It is the successor to the Special committee on un-American activities which was created in May 1938; name of Committee on Un-American Activities changed to Committee on Internal Security 18 Feb. 1969)
Britannica website, 13 Apr. 2023 (House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, established in 1938 under Martin Dies as chairman, that conducted investigations through the 1940s and 1950s into alleged communist activities)
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