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title: "36 U.S.C. § 170302"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "1703"
chapter_name: "PEARL HARBOR SURVIVORS ASSOCIATION"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 170302 - Organization

## Text

(a) Federal Charter.— Pearl Harbor Survivors Association (in this chapter, the “corporation”), a nonprofit corporation incorporated in Missouri, 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. 1442.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 170302(a)36:3601.Oct. 7, 1985, Pub. L. 99–119, §§ 1, 17, 99 Stat. 498, 501. 170302(b)36:3616.  This section is substituted for the source provisions for consistency in the revised title.