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title: "36 U.S.C. § 151901"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "1519"
chapter_name: "NATIONAL FUND FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION"
section: "151901"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 151901"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 151901 - Organization

## Text

(a) Federal Charter.— National Fund for Medical Education (in this chapter, the “corporation”) is a federally chartered corporation.

(b) Place of Incorporation and Domicile.— The corporation is declared to be incorporated and domiciled in the District of Columbia.

(c) Perpetual Existence.— Except as otherwise provided, the corporation has perpetual existence.

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1407.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 15190136:601.Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1036, §§ 1, 2, 4(1), 68 Stat. 891, 892.  36:602.36:604(1). This section is substituted for the source provisions for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary and executed words.