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title: "36 U.S.C. § 153501"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "1535"
chapter_name: "NATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 153501 - Organization

## Text

(a) Federal Charter.— National Tropical Botanical Garden (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. 1425.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 15350136:4601.Aug. 19, 1964, Pub. L. 88–449, § 1, 78 Stat. 496; Oct. 28, 1988, Pub. L. 100–539, § 1, 102 Stat. 2718.  36:4602.Aug. 19, 1964, Pub. L. 88–449, § 2, 78 Stat. 496. This section is substituted for the source provisions for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary and executed words.