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title: "36 U.S.C. § 20301"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "203"
chapter_name: "AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS"
section: "20301"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 20301"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 20301 - Organization

## Text

(a) Federal Charter.— American Academy of Arts and Letters (in this chapter, the “corporation”) is a federally chartered corporation.

(b) Place of Incorporation.— The corporation is declared to be incorporated in the District of Columbia.

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1286.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 2030136:4201.Apr. 17, 1916, ch. 77, § 1, 39 Stat. 51. This section is substituted for the source provision for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate executed and unnecessary words.