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title: "36 U.S.C. § 153701"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "1537"
chapter_name: "NATIONAL WOMAN’S RELIEF CORPS, AUXILIARY TO THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC"
section: "153701"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 153701"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 153701 - Organization

## Text

(a) Federal Charter.— National Woman’s Relief Corps, Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic (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. 1428.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 15370136:1001.Sept. 7, 1962, Pub. L. 87–650, §§ 1, 2, 4(1), 76 Stat. 502, 503.  36:1002.36:1004(1). This section is substituted for the source provisions for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary and executed words.