36 USC § 140401 - Organization

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identifier: "/us/usc/t36/s140401"
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title: "36 USC § 140401 - Organization"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "140401"
section_name: "Organization"
chapter_number: 1404
chapter_name: "MILITARY OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Organizations"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 111–95, § 1(a), Nov. 6, 2009, 123 Stat. 3001.)"
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# § 140401. Organization

**(a)** **Federal Charter.—** Military Officers Association of America (in this chapter, the “corporation”), a nonprofit organization that meets the requirements for a veterans service organization under section 501(c)(19) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and is organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a federally chartered corporation.

**(b)** **Expiration of Charter.—** If the corporation does not comply with the provisions of this chapter, the charter granted by subsection (a) shall expire.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 111–95, § 1(a), Nov. 6, 2009, 123 Stat. 3001.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, referred to in subsec. (a), is classified to , Internal Revenue Code.