36 U.S.C. § 230101 — Organization

submitted 28 years ago by Pub. L. 105-225 to r/title-36-PATRIOTIC-AND-NATIONAL-OBSERVANCES-CEREMONIES-AND-ORGANIZATIONS · 62 words · no verdicts yet

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Congress gives a federal charter to the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, a national group of veterans who served overseas in wars, campaigns, and expeditions. The corporation exists indefinitely unless the law says otherwise.

(a) Federal charter. The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States — a national association of soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen who served the nation in wars, campaigns, and expeditions on foreign soil or hostile waters, called "the corporation" in this chapter — receives a federal charter. (b) Perpetual existence. Unless this chapter says otherwise, the corporation exists forever.

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(a)Federal Charter.—

Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (in this chapter, the “corporation”), a national association of veterans who as soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen served this Nation in wars, campaigns, and expeditions on foreign soil or in hostile waters, is a federally chartered corporation.

(b)Perpetual Existence.—

Except as otherwise provided, the corporation has perpetual existence.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1481; Pub. L. 113–199, § 1(a), Dec. 4, 2014, 128 Stat. 2058.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1998Enacted · Pub. L. 105-225 · 112 Stat. 1481
2014Amended · Pub. L. 113-199 · 128 Stat. 2058

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 105-225 on 1998-08-12.

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