36 USC § 140304 - Exclusive right to name

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identifier: "/us/usc/t36/s140304"
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title: "36 USC § 140304 - Exclusive right to name"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "140304"
section_name: "Exclusive right to name"
chapter_number: 1403
chapter_name: "THE MILITARY CHAPLAINS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA"
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. 1381.)"
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# § 140304. Exclusive right to name

The corporation and its area, State, and local chapters have the exclusive right to use the name “The Military Chaplains Association of the United States of America”.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1381.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 140304 | 36:316. | Sept. 20, 1950, ch. 956, § 6, 64 Stat. 869. |

The words “sole and”, “to have and”, and “in carrying out its purpose” are omitted as unnecessary.