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title: "36 U.S.C. § 80101"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "801"
chapter_name: "GENERAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN’S CLUBS"
section: "80101"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 80101 - Organization

## Text

(a) Federal Charter.— General Federation of Women’s Clubs (in this chapter, the “corporation”) is a body corporate and politic of the District of Columbia.

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

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1360.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 8010136:3501(a).Mar. 3, 1901, ch. 860, § 1(a), 31 Stat. 1438; Aug. 7, 1986, Pub. L. 99–376, § 1(1), (2), 100 Stat. 804. This section is substituted for the source provisions for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate executed and unnecessary words.