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title: "36 U.S.C. § 20206"
description: "Powers"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "202"
chapter_name: "AIR FORCE SERGEANTS ASSOCIATION"
section: "20206"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 20206 - Powers

## Text

The corporation has only the powers provided in its bylaws and articles of incorporation filed in each State in which it is incorporated.

(Added Pub. L. 105–354, § 1(4)(A), Nov. 3, 1998, 112 Stat. 3240.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 2020636 App.:5802.Nov. 18, 1997, Pub. L. 105–85, title XV, § 1502, 111 Stat. 1963. The words “each State in which it is incorporated” are substituted for “the District of Columbia” for consistency in the revised title. The words “and subject to the laws of the District of Columbia” are omitted as unnecessary.