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title: "36 U.S.C. § 230509"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "2305"
chapter_name: "VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA, INC."
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# 36 U.S.C. § 230509 - Duty to maintain tax-exempt status

## Text

The corporation shall maintain its status as an organization exempt from taxation under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 1 et seq.).

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1487.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 23050936:3815.May 23, 1986, Pub. L. 99–318, § 16, 100 Stat. 476.