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title: "36 U.S.C. § 152902"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "1529"
chapter_name: "NATIONAL SOCIETY, DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN COLONISTS"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 152902 - Organization

## Text

(a) Federal Charter.— National Society, Daughters of the American Colonists (in this chapter, the “corporation”), incorporated in the District of Columbia, is a federally chartered corporation.

(b) Expiration of Charter.— If the corporation does not comply with any provision of this chapter, the charter granted by this chapter expires.

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1420.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 152902(a)36:2901.Oct. 30, 1984, Pub. L. 98–561, §§ 1, 16 (last sentence), 17, 98 Stat. 2910, 2913. 152902(b)36:2915 (last sentence).36:2916. This section is substituted for the source provisions for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary and executed words.