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title: "36 U.S.C. § 30306"
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: "303"
chapter_name: "BLINDED VETERANS ASSOCIATION"
section: "30306"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 30306"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 30306 - Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and badges

## Text

The corporation and its authorized regional groups and other local subdivisions have the exclusive right to use the name “Blinded Veterans Association” and seals, emblems, and badges the corporation adopts.

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1318.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 3030636:867.Aug. 27, 1958, Pub. L. 85–769, § 17, 72 Stat. 927. The word “sole” is omitted as included in “exclusive”, and the word “have” (the 2d time appearing) is omitted as included in “use”. The words “duly”, “in carrying out its purposes”, and “lawfully” are omitted as unnecessary.