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Title 36 — Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations

Part B · Chapter 2201 — United Service Organizations, Incorporated

§ 220106. Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and badges

Statutory text

The corporation and its councils, organizations, chapters, and affiliates have the exclusive right to use the names “United Service Organizations, Incorporated” and “USO” and seals, emblems, and badges the corporation adopts.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 105–225 · 112 Stat. 1253

    Enacted · 36 U.S.C. § 220106

    (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1461.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1461.)

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Notes

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Historical and Revision Notes
RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
22010636:1307.Dec. 29, 1979, Pub. L. 96–165, § 7, 93 Stat. 1271.

The word “sole” is omitted as included in “exclusive”, and the words “such distinctive insignia” are omitted as included in “seals, emblems, and badges”. The words “lawfully” and “in carrying out its purposes” are omitted as unnecessary.

Credits

(Pub. L. 105–225, , 112 Stat. 1461.)

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