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type: "LegalText"
title: "36 U.S.C. § 153903"
description: "Powers"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "1539"
chapter_name: "THE NATIONAL YEOMEN (F)"
section: "153903"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 153903"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 153903 - Powers

## Text

The corporation may—

(1) adopt a constitution and bylaws;

(2) adopt a seal; and

(3) hold real and personal property in the United States, but only to the extent necessary to carry out the purposes of the corporation and only in an amount not more than $50,000.

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1431.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 15390336:139a.June 15, 1936, ch. 546, § 2, 49 Stat. 1506. In clause (1), the words “not inconsistent with law” are omitted as unnecessary.