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title: "36 U.S.C. § 151706"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "1517"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 151706 - Principal office

## Text

The principal office of the corporation shall be in the District of Columbia, or another place as determined by the board of directors. However, the corporation may conduct business throughout the States, territories, and possessions of the United States.

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1406; Pub. L. 109–9, title III, § 312(c), Apr. 27, 2005, 119 Stat. 226.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 15170636:5703(a)(2), (3).Oct. 11, 1996, Pub. L. 104–285, title II, § 204(a)(2), (3), 110 Stat. 3384. This section is substituted for the source provisions for consistency in the revised title.

Editorial Notes

Amendments2005—Pub. L. 109–9 inserted “, or another place as determined by the board of directors” after “District of Columbia”.