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title: "36 U.S.C. § 21706"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "217"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 21706 - Political activities

## Text

The corporation shall be nonpolitical and may not promote the candidacy of an individual seeking public office.

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1298.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 2170636:46.Sept. 16, 1919, ch. 59, § 6, 41 Stat. 285. The words “as an organization” are omitted as unnecessary.