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title: "36 U.S.C. § 22906"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "229"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 22906 - Powers

## Text

The corporation has only the powers provided in its bylaws and articles of incorporation filed in each State in which it is incorporated.

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1310.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 2290636:3902.Nov. 6, 1986, Pub. L. 99–604, § 2, 100 Stat. 3446. The words “each State” are substituted for “State or States” for consistency in the revised title. The words “and subject to the laws of such State or States” are omitted as unnecessary.