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title: "36 U.S.C. § 154101"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "1541"
chapter_name: "NAVAL SEA CADET CORPS"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 154101 - Organization

## Text

(a) Federal Charter.— Naval Sea Cadet Corps (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. 1432.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 15410136:1041.Sept. 10, 1962, Pub. L. 87–655, §§ 1, 4(1), 76 Stat. 530, 531.  36:1044(1).  This section is substituted for the source provisions for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary and executed words.