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title: "36 U.S.C. § 22706"
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: "227"
chapter_name: "AMVETS (AMERICAN VETERANS)"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 22706 - Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and badges
## Text
The corporation and its State, regional, and local subdivisions have the exclusive right to use the name “AMVETS (American Veterans)” and seals, emblems, and badges the corporation adopts.
(Pub. L. 105225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1308; Pub. L. 107241, § 1(a)(1), Oct. 16, 2002, 116 Stat. 1496.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 2270636:67p.July 23, 1947, ch. 298, § 17, 61 Stat. 408; Aug. 15, 1977, Pub. L. 9598, § 1(a), 91 Stat. 830. The words “sole and” and “have and” are omitted as unnecessary. The word “adopts” is substituted for “may lawfully adopt” to eliminate unnecessary words.
Editorial Notes
Amendments2002—Pub. L. 107241 substituted “AMVETS (American Veterans)” for “AMVETS (American Veterans of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam)”.