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title: "36 U.S.C. § 220508"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "2205"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 220508 - Headquarters, principal office, and meetings

## Text

The corporation shall maintain its principal office and national headquarters in a place in the United States decided by the corporation. The corporation may hold its annual and special meetings in the places decided by the corporation.

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1470.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 22050836:371 (last sentence).Sept. 21, 1950, ch. 975, title I, § 101 (last sentence), formerly § 1 (last sentence), 64 Stat. 899; Nov. 8, 1978, Pub. L. 95–606, § 1(a)(3), 92 Stat. 3045. The word “decided” is substituted for “as is determined” and for “shall determine” for consistency in the revised title.