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

Part B · Chapter 221 — The American Society of International Law

§ 22105. Restrictions

Statutory text

(a)

Profit.—

The corporation may not operate for profit.

(b)

Stock and Dividends.—

The corporation may not issue stock or declare or pay a dividend.

(c)

Political Activities.—

The corporation or an officer or member of the executive council as such may not contribute to, support, or assist a political party or candidate for elective public office.

(d)

Distribution of Income or Assets.—

The income or assets of the corporation may not inure to the benefit of, or be distributed to, a member of the corporation or an officer or member of the executive council, except on the dissolution or final liquidation of the corporation.

(e)

Loans.—

The corporation may not make a loan or advance to an officer or member of the executive council. Members of the council who vote for or assent to making a loan or advance to an officer or member of the council, and officers who participate in making the loan or advance, are jointly and severally liable to the corporation for the amount of the loan or advance until it is repaid.

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. § 22105

    (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1301.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1301.)

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

Notes

historicalAndRevision
Historical and Revision Notes
RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
22105(a)36:342 (2d sentence words before 1st comma).Sept. 20, 1950, ch. 958, §§ 2 (2d, last sentences), 7, 64 Stat. 870, 871.
22105(b)36:347 (1st sentence words before 2d comma). 
22105(c)36:342 (last sentence). 
22105(d)36:342 (2d sentence words after 1st comma). 
22105(e)36:347 (1st sentence words after 2d comma, last sentence). 

In subsection (b), the words “shares of” are omitted as unnecessary.

In subsection (d), the words “inure to the benefit of” are substituted for “inure to” for consistency in the revised title.

Credits

(Pub. L. 105–225, , 112 Stat. 1301.)

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