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title: "36 U.S.C. § 150502"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "1505"
chapter_name: "NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE SOCIETIES, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 150502 - Organization

## Text

(a) Federal Charter.— National Conference of State Societies, Washington, District of Columbia (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. 1389.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 15050236:401.Apr. 3, 1952, ch. 131, § 1, 66 Stat. 37; July 5, 1968, Pub. L. 90–382, (1), 82 Stat. 292. This section is substituted for the source provision for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary and executed words.