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

Part B · Chapter 403 — Civil Air Patrol

§ 40301. Organization

Statutory text

(a)

Federal Charter.—

Civil Air Patrol (in this chapter, the “corporation”) is a federally chartered corporation.

(b)

Perpetual Existence.—

Except as otherwise provided, the corporation has perpetual existence.

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. § 40301

    (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1331.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1331.)

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)
40301(a)36:201.July 1, 1946, ch. 527, §§ 1, 5 (related to perpetual succession), 60 Stat. 346, 347.
40301(b)36:205 (related to perpetual succession). 

This section is substituted for the source provisions for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate executed and unnecessary words.

Credits

(Pub. L. 105–225, , 112 Stat. 1331.)

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