10 USC § 9491 - Status as federally chartered corporation; purposes

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title: "10 USC § 9491 - Status as federally chartered corporation; purposes"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "9491"
section_name: "Status as federally chartered corporation; purposes"
chapter_number: 959
chapter_name: "CIVIL AIR PATROL"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "TRAINING"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title X, § 1090(a)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–295, § 9441; renumbered § 9491 and amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §§ 806(a)(1), 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1832, 1840.)"
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# § 9491. Status as federally chartered corporation; purposes

**(a)** **Status.—**

**(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)** **Purposes.—** The purposes of the Civil Air Patrol are set forth in section 40302 of title 36.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title X, § 1090(a)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–295, § 9441; renumbered § 9491 and amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §§ 806(a)(1), 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1832, 1840.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—, renumbered  as this section.

Subsec. (a)(2). , substituted “section 9492(b)(2)” for “section 9442(b)(2)”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .

### Effective Date

> “The amendments made by this section [enacting this section and sections 9492 to 9498 of this title and amending sections 40302 and 40303 of Title 36, Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations] shall take effect 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [
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, title X, § 1090(c)], , , 1654A–300, provided that: