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title: "36 U.S.C. § 140101"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "1401"
chapter_name: "MARINE CORPS LEAGUE"
section: "140101"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 140101 - Organization

## Text

(a) Federal Charter.— Marine Corps League (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. 1379.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 140101(a)36:57.Aug. 4, 1937, ch. 564, §§ 1, 3(a), 50 Stat. 558, 559. 140101(b)36:57b(a).  Subsection (a) is substituted for the source provision for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate executed and unnecessary words. Subsection (b) is substituted for “shall have perpetual succession” for consistency in the revised title.