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title: "36 U.S.C. § 70907"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
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chapter_name: "FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 70907 - Exclusive right to name,11 So in original. Probably should be “names”. seals, emblems, and badges

## Text

The FFA and its authorized chapters and associations of chapters have the exclusive right to use the names “Future Farmers of America” and “National FFA Organization,” 22 So in original. The comma preceding the closing quotation marks probably should not appear. and the initials FFA as representing an agricultural education membership organization and seals, emblems, and badges the FFA adopts.

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1358; Pub. L. 116–7, § 8, Feb. 21, 2019, 133 Stat. 481.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 7090736:286.Aug. 30, 1950, ch. 823, § 16, 64 Stat. 566. The words “duly”, “sole”, and “lawfully” are omitted as unnecessary.

Editorial Notes

Amendments2019—Pub. L. 116–7 substituted “FFA” for “corporation” in two places, “names” for “name”, and “ ‘Future Farmers of America’ and ‘National FFA Organization,’ ” for “ ‘Future Farmers of America’ ” and inserted “education” before “membership”.