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title: "36 U.S.C. § 190302"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "1903"
chapter_name: "RETIRED ENLISTED ASSOCIATION, INCORPORATED"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 190302 - Organization

## Text

(a) Federal Charter.— Retired Enlisted Association, Incorporated (in this chapter, the “corporation”), a nonprofit corporation incorporated in Colorado, 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. 1449.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 190302(a)36:5101.Oct. 23, 1992, Pub. L. 102–484, title XVIII, §§ 1821, 1835 (last sentence), 1837, 106 Stat. 2584, 2586. 190302(b)36:5114 (last sentence).36:5116. This section is substituted for the source provisions for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary words.