10 U.S.C. § 9491
- (a)
- (1)The Civil Air Patrol is a nonprofit corporation that is federally chartered under section 40301 of title 36.
- (2)Except as provided in section 9492(b)(2) of this title, the Civil Air Patrol is not an instrumentality of the Federal Government for any purpose.
- (b)The purposes of the Civil Air Patrol are set forth in section 40302 of title 36.