36 U.S.C. § 21701

Current through P.L. 118-62 (published on www.congress.gov on 05/13/2024)

Section 21701 - Organization

(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.

36 U.S.C. § 21701

Pub. L. 105-225, 112 Stat. 1297.

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.