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| LegalText | 36 U.S.C. § 70505 | Powers | us | united_states_code | code_section | 36 | PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS | 705 | THE FOUNDATION OF THE FEDERAL BAR ASSOCIATION | 70505 | 36 U.S.C. § 70505 | current | 119-100 | 2026-06-26 | official | https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc36@119-100.zip | /us/usc/t36/s70505 | data/legal/raw/us/code/title-36/usc36.xml | 7a8b1738b8b27187031395ff36ab64fa32731994b43006b6471ce30daf8a358b | d8bb3c94f12bbd56e49d7a2bc029b1f4ab0bb8b69327e9ddbdf94d7adcac580d | 04e63b6ca1c106b2410039851d0190182714da4b38506c10e561570557061f8a | 2026-07-04 | official |
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36 U.S.C. § 70505 - Powers
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The corporation may—
(1) adopt and amend bylaws for the management of its property and the regulation of its affairs;
(2) adopt and alter a corporate seal;
(3) choose officers, managers, and agents as the activities of the corporation require;
(4) make contracts;
(5) acquire, own, lease, encumber, and transfer property as necessary to carry out the purposes of the corporation;
(6) borrow money, issue instruments of indebtedness, and secure its obligations by granting security interests in its property;
(7) sue and be sued; and
(8) do any other act necessary and proper to carry out the purposes of the corporation.
(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1352.)
Notes
Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 7050536:574.Aug. 24, 1954, ch. 911, §§ 4, 18, 68 Stat. 797, 800. 36:588. In this section, the definition of “State” in 36:588 is omitted because the word “State” (which in the source provisions for this chapter only appears in 36:574) is not used in the revised chapter. In clause (1), the words “apply, and administer” and “not inconsistent with the laws of the United States of America or any State in which the corporation is to operate” are omitted as unnecessary. In clause (2), the word “use” is omitted as unnecessary. In clause (3), the word “activities” is substituted for “business” for consistency in the revised title. In clause (4), the words “make contracts” are substituted for “contract and be contracted with” to eliminate unnecessary words. Clause (5) is substituted for “take and hold by lease, gift, purchase, grant, devise, bequest, or otherwise, any property, real or personal, or mixed, necessary for carrying into effect the purposes of the corporation” and “transfer, lease, or convey real or personal property” for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary words. The words “subject to applicable provisions of law of any State (1) governing the amount or kind of real and personal property which may be held by, or (2) otherwise limiting or controlling the ownership of real and personal property by, a corporation operating in such State” are omitted as unnecessary. In clause (6), the words “for the purposes of the corporation” are omitted as unnecessary. The words “issue instruments of indebtedness, and secure its obligations by granting security interests in its property” are substituted for “issue bonds or other evidences of indebtedness therefor, and secure the same by mortgage or pledge” for consistency in the revised title. The words “subject to applicable Federal or State laws” are omitted as unnecessary. In clause (7), the words “complain and defend in any court of competent jurisdiction” are omitted as unnecessary. In clause (8), the words “any other act” are substituted for “any and all acts” for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary words.