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title: "36 U.S.C. § 130501"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "1305"
chapter_name: "LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL, INCORPORATED"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 130501 - Organization

## Text

(a) Federal Charter.— Little League Baseball, 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. 1376.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 13050136:1071.July 16, 1964, Pub. L. 88–378, §§ 1, 2, 78 Stat. 325.  36:1072.  This section is substituted for the source provisions for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate executed and unnecessary words. The text of 36:1072 is omitted as executed.