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title: "36 U.S.C. § 150109"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "1501"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 150109 - Duty to maintain corporate and tax-exempt status

## Text

(a) Corporate Status.— The corporation shall maintain its status as a corporation incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia.

(b) Tax-Exempt Status.— The corporation shall maintain its status as an organization exempt from taxation under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 1 et seq.).

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1387.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 150109(a)36:2308(f).Apr. 10, 1984, Pub. L. 98–257, §§ 8(f), 15 (1st sentence), 98 Stat. 128, 129. 150109(b)36:2314 (1st sentence).