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title: "36 U.S.C. § 170307"
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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"
section: "170307"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 170307"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 170307 - Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and badges

## Text

The corporation and its regional districts and local branches have the exclusive right to use the name “Pearl Harbor Survivors Association” and seals, emblems, and badges the corporation adopts.

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1443.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 17030736:3615.Oct. 7, 1985, Pub. L. 99–119, § 16, 99 Stat. 501. The word “sole” is omitted as included in “exclusive”. The words “in carrying out its purposes” are omitted as unnecessary.