36 USC § 130101 - Organization

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title: "36 USC § 130101 - Organization"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "130101"
section_name: "Organization"
chapter_number: 1301
chapter_name: "LADIES OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Organizations"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1371.)"
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# § 130101. Organization

**(a)** **Federal Charter.—** Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic (in this chapter, the “corporation”) is a federally chartered corporation.

**(b)** **Place of Incorporation and Domicile.—** The corporation is declared to be incorporated and domiciled in the District of Columbia.

**(c)** **Perpetual Existence.—** Except as otherwise provided, the corporation has perpetual existence.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1371.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 130101 | 36:78. | June 17, 1959, Pub. L. 86–47, §§ 1, 2, 4(1), 73 Stat. 76, 77. |
|  | 36:78a.36:78c(1). |  |

This section is substituted for the source provisions for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate executed and unnecessary words. The text of 36:78a is omitted as executed and obsolete.