36 USC § 150301 - Federal charter

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identifier: "/us/usc/t36/s150301"
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title: "36 USC § 150301 - Federal charter"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "150301"
section_name: "Federal charter"
chapter_number: 1503
chapter_name: "NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Organizations"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1388.)"
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# § 150301. Federal charter

National Academy of Sciences (in this chapter, the “corporation”) is a federally chartered corporation.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1388.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 150301 | 36:251. | Mar. 3, 1863, ch. 111, § 1, 12 Stat. 806. |

This section is substituted for the source provision for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate executed and unnecessary words.