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title: "36 U.S.C. § 220106"
description: "Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and badges"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "2201"
chapter_name: "UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, INCORPORATED"
section: "220106"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 220106"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 220106 - Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and badges

## Text

The corporation and its councils, organizations, chapters, and affiliates have the exclusive right to use the names “United Service Organizations, Incorporated” and “USO” and seals, emblems, and badges the corporation adopts.

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1461.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 22010636:1307.Dec. 29, 1979, Pub. L. 96–165, § 7, 93 Stat. 1271. The word “sole” is omitted as included in “exclusive”, and the words “such distinctive insignia” are omitted as included in “seals, emblems, and badges”. The words “lawfully” and “in carrying out its purposes” are omitted as unnecessary.