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title: "36 U.S.C. § 30502"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "305"
chapter_name: "BLUE STAR MOTHERS OF AMERICA, INC."
section: "30502"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 30502"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 30502 - Organization

## Text

(a) Federal Charter.— Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc. (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. 1320.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 3050236:941.July 14, 1960, Pub. L. 86–653, §§ 1, 2, 4(1), 74 Stat. 515, 516.  36:942.36:944(1). This section is substituted for the source provisions for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate executed and unnecessary words. The last sentence of section 1 of the Act of July 14, 1960 (Public Law 86–653, 74 Stat. 515), is omitted as executed.