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title: "36 U.S.C. § 30701"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "307"
chapter_name: "BOARD FOR FUNDAMENTAL EDUCATION"
section: "30701"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 30701 - Organization

## Text

(a) Federal Charter.— Board for Fundamental Education (in this chapter, the “corporation”) is a federally chartered corporation.

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

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1322.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 3070136:501.July 19, 1954, ch. 536, §§ 1, 2, 68 Stat. 489.  36:502.  This section is substituted for the source provisions for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate executed and unnecessary words. The text of 36:502 is omitted as executed and obsolete.