36 USC § 140101 - Organization

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identifier: "/us/usc/t36/s140101"
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title: "36 USC § 140101 - Organization"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "140101"
section_name: "Organization"
chapter_number: 1401
chapter_name: "MARINE CORPS LEAGUE"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Organizations"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1379.)"
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# § 140101. Organization

**(a)** **Federal Charter.—** Marine Corps League (in this chapter, the “corporation”) is a federally chartered corporation.

**(b)** **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. 1379.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 140101(a) | 36:57. | Aug. 4, 1937, ch. 564, §§ 1, 3(a), 50 Stat. 558, 559. |
| 140101(b) | 36:57b(a). |  |

Subsection (a) is substituted for the source provision for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate executed and unnecessary words.

Subsection (b) is substituted for “shall have perpetual succession” for consistency in the revised title.