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title: "36 U.S.C. § 170502"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "1705"
chapter_name: "POLISH LEGION OF AMERICAN VETERANS, U.S.A."
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# 36 U.S.C. § 170502 - Organization

## Text

(a) Federal Charter.— Polish Legion of American Veterans, U.S.A. (in this chapter, the “corporation”), a nonprofit corporation incorporated in Illinois, 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. 1445.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 170502(a)36:2501.July 23, 1984, Pub. L. 98–372, §§ 1, 15 (last sentence), 16, 98 Stat. 1239, 1241. 170502(b)36:2514 (last sentence).36:2515. This section is substituted for the source provisions for consistency in the revised title.