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title: "36 U.S.C. § 20101"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "201"
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL HALL OF FAME"
section: "20101"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 20101 - Organization

## Text

(a) Federal Charter.— Agricultural Hall of Fame (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. 1284.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 20101(a)36:971.Aug. 31, 1960, Pub. L. 86–680, §§ 1, 2, 4(1), 16, 74 Stat. 572, 574, 577.  36:972.  20101(b)36:974(1).   36:986.  This section is substituted for the source provisions for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate executed and unnecessary words.