36 USC § 140702 - Organization

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title: "36 USC § 140702 - Organization"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "140702"
section_name: "Organization"
chapter_number: 1407
chapter_name: "MILITARY ORDER OF THE WORLD WARS"
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. 1384.)"
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# § 140702. Organization

**(a)** **Federal Charter.—** Military Order of the World Wars (in this chapter, the “corporation”), a nonprofit corporation incorporated in the District of Columbia, is a federally chartered corporation.

**(b)** **Expiration of Charter.—** The charter granted by this chapter expires if the corporation fails to comply with any provision of—

**(1)** its bylaws or articles of incorporation;

**(2)** this chapter; or

**(3)** the laws of the District of Columbia that apply to corporations such as the corporation recognized under this chapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1384.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 140702(a) | 36:5001. | Oct. 23, 1992, Pub. L. 102–484, title XVIII, §§ 1801, 1815 (last sentence), 1816, 106 Stat. 2581, 2583. |
| 140702(b) | 36:5014 (last sentence).36:5015. |  |

Subsection (a) is substituted for the source provision for consistency in the revised title.

In subsection (b), the words “restriction or other” in 36:5015 are omitted as unnecessary. The text of 36:5014 (last sentence) is omitted as unnecessary because of clause (2) of the revised subsection.