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title: "36 U.S.C. § 220101"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "2201"
chapter_name: "UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, INCORPORATED"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 220101 - Organization

## Text

(a) Federal Charter.— United Service Organizations, Incorporated (in this chapter, the “corporation”), is a federally chartered corporation.

(b) Perpetual Existence.— Except as otherwise provided, the corporation has perpetual existence.

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1459.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 22010136:1301.Dec. 29, 1979, Pub. L. 96–165, § 1, 93 Stat. 1267. This section is substituted for the source provision for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary and executed language.