36 USC § 152401 - Organization

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identifier: "/us/usc/t36/s152401"
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title: "36 USC § 152401 - Organization"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "152401"
section_name: "Organization"
chapter_number: 1524
chapter_name: "NATIONAL RECORDING PRESERVATION FOUNDATION"
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: "(Added Pub. L. 106–474, title II, § 201(a), Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2091.)"
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# § 152401. Organization

**(a)** **Federal Charter.—** The National Recording Preservation Foundation (in this chapter, the “corporation”) is a federally chartered corporation.

**(b)** **Nature of Corporation.—** The corporation is a charitable and nonprofit corporation and is not an agency or establishment of the United States Government.

**(c)** **Perpetual Existence.—** Except as otherwise provided, the corporation has perpetual existence.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 106–474, title II, § 201(a), Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2091.)