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title: "36 U.S.C. § 21506"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "215"
chapter_name: "AMERICAN HOSPITAL OF PARIS"
section: "21506"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 21506 - Principal office

## Text

The principal office of the corporation shall be in the District of Columbia. However, offices may be maintained and meetings of the board of governors and committees may be held elsewhere.

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1296.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 2150636:4904 (last sentence).Jan. 30, 1913, ch. 21, § 4 (last sentence), 37 Stat. 655.