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title: "36 U.S.C. § 230301"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "2303"
chapter_name: "VETERANS OF WORLD WAR I OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, INCORPORATED"
section: "230301"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 230301"
status: "current"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 230301 - Organization

## Text

(a) Federal Charter.— Veterans of World War I of the United States of America, Incorporated (in this chapter, the “corporation”), is a federally chartered corporation.

(b) Place of Incorporation and Domicile.— The corporation is declared to be incorporated and domiciled in the District of Columbia.

(c) Perpetual Existence.— Except as otherwise provided, the corporation has perpetual existence.

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1482.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 23030136:761.July 18, 1958, Pub. L. 85–530, §§ 1, 2, 4(1), 72 Stat. 370, 371.  36:762.36:764(1). This section is substituted for the source provisions for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary and executed words.