36 U.S.C. § 22701

Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)

Section 22701 - Organization

(a) FEDERAL CHARTER.-AMVETS (American Veterans) (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. § 22701

Pub. L. 105-225, 112 Stat. 1306; Pub. L. 107-241, §1(a)(1), Oct. 16, 2002, 116 Stat. 1496.

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised Section	Source (U.S. Code)	Source (Statutes at Large)
22701	36:67.	July 23, 1947, ch. 298, §1, 61 Stat. 403; Aug. 15, 1977, Pub. L. 95-98, §1(a), 91 Stat. 830.
	36:67a.	July 23, 1947, ch. 298, §§2, 4 (related to perpetual succession), 10(1), 61 Stat. 405, 406, 407.
	36:67c (related to perpetual succession).36:67i(1).

This section is substituted for the source provisions for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate executed and unnecessary words.This text of 36:67a is omitted as executed and obsolete.

EDITORIAL NOTES

AMENDMENTS2002-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107-241 substituted "AMVETS (American Veterans)" for "AMVETS (American Veterans of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam)".