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title: "36 U.S.C. § 150709"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "1507"
chapter_name: "NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CITIZENSHIP"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 150709 - Headquarters and principal office

## Text

The headquarters and principal office of the corporation shall be in the District of Columbia, Maryland, or Virginia. However, the activities of the corporation are not confined to the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia but may be conducted throughout the States, territories, and possessions of the United States.

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1394.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 15070936:435(a).Aug. 13, 1953, ch. 427, § 5(a), 67 Stat. 563. The word “office” is substituted for “offices” for consistency with section 150710 and other sections of the revised title. The words “the States of” and “various” are omitted as unnecessary.