36 USC § 100102 - Organization

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identifier: "/us/usc/t36/s100102"
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title: "36 USC § 100102 - Organization"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "100102"
section_name: "Organization"
chapter_number: 1001
chapter_name: "ITALIAN AMERICAN WAR VETERANS OF THE UNITED STATES"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Organizations"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1364.)"
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# § 100102. Organization

**(a)** **Federal Charter.—** Italian American War Veterans of the United States (in this chapter, the “corporation”), a nonprofit corporation incorporated in California, Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island, is a federally chartered corporation.

**(b)** **Expiration of Charter.—** If the corporation does not comply with any provision of this chapter, the charter granted by this chapter expires.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1364.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 100102(a) | 36:1701. | Nov. 20, 1981, Pub. L. 97–82, §§ 1, 15 (last sentence), 16, 95 Stat. 1091, 1093. |
| 100102(b) | 36:1714 (last sentence).36:1715. |  |

In subsection (a), the words “organized and” and “the Nonprofit Corporation Acts of the States of” are omitted as unnecessary. The words “is a federally chartered corporation” are substituted for “is hereby recognized as such and is granted a charter” for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary words.

In subsection (b), the text of 36:1714 (last sentence) is omitted as included in 36:1715. The words “restrictions or” are omitted as unnecessary.