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  2. Title 36 - PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS
  3. Subtitle II - Patriotic and National Organizations
  4. Part B - Organizations
  5. Chapter 217 - THE AMERICAN LEGION
  6. 36 USC § 21701
36 USC § 21701
Organization
October 21, 2020
USC

(a) Federal Charter.—The American Legion (in this chapter, the "corporation") is a federally chartered corporation.

(b) Perpetual Existence.—Except as otherwise provided, the corporation has perpetual existence.

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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised

Section

 Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)
21701(a) 36:41. Sept. 16, 1919, ch. 59, §§1, 2, 41 Stat. 284.
  36:42.  
21701(b) 36:44 (words before 4th semicolon related to perpetual succession). Sept. 16, 1919, ch. 59, §4 (words before 4th semicolon related to perpetual succession), 41 Stat. 285; June 26, 1953, ch. 153, §1, 67 Stat. 82.

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