---
type: "LegalText"
title: "36 U.S.C. § 21901"
description: "Organization"
jurisdiction: "us"
corpus: "united_states_code"
kind: "code_section"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "219"
chapter_name: "THE AMERICAN NATIONAL THEATER AND ACADEMY"
section: "21901"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 21901"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
source: "official"
source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc36@119-100.zip"
source_identifier: "/us/usc/t36/s21901"
source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-36/usc36.xml"
source_hash: "2c3d113ab7cb6f6f9801e7d1e2efb3d809698ab9942909dba8b5e70968fed9f5"
raw_snapshot_hash: "d8bb3c94f12bbd56e49d7a2bc029b1f4ab0bb8b69327e9ddbdf94d7adcac580d"
text_hash: "0ace7281e5be2aa10b54336b425a0f74513dcd7e96845f82911d8c142d09df1b"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
confidence: "official"
tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
---

# 36 U.S.C. § 21901 - Organization

## Text

(a) Federal Charter.— The American National Theater and Academy (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. 1298.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 21901(a)36:3301.July 5, 1935, ch. 373, §§ 1, 3 (related to perpetual succession), 49 Stat. 457, 458. 21901(b)36:3303 (related to perpetual succession).  This section is substituted for the source provisions for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate executed and unnecessary words.