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

Part B · Chapter 405 — Congressional Medal of Honor Society of the United States of America

§ 40501. Organization

Statutory text

(a)

Federal Charter.—

Congressional Medal of Honor Society of the United States of America (in this chapter, the “corporation”) is a federally chartered corporation.

(b)

Place of Incorporation and Domicile.—

The corporation is declared to be incorporated and domiciled in the District of Columbia.

(c)

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. § 40501

    (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1332.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1332.)

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)
4050136:791.Aug. 14, 1958, Pub. L. 85–642, §§ 1, 2, 72 Stat. 597.
 36:792. 

This section is substituted for 36:791 for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate executed and unnecessary language. The text of 36:792 is omitted as executed and obsolete.

Credits

(Pub. L. 105–225, , 112 Stat. 1332.)

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