36 USC § 154702 - Organization

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title: "36 USC § 154702 - Organization"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "154702"
section_name: "Organization"
chapter_number: 1547
chapter_name: "NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, INCORPORATED"
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. 1437.)"
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# § 154702. Organization

**(a)** **Federal Charter.—** Non Commissioned Officers Association of the United States of America, Incorporated (in this chapter, the “corporation”), a nonprofit corporation incorporated in Texas, is a federally chartered corporation.

**(b)** **Expiration of Charter.—** If the corporation does not comply with any provision of this chapter, the charter granted by this chapter expires.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1437.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 154702(a) | 36:4001. | Apr. 6, 1988, Pub. L. 100–281, §§ 1, 16 (last sentence), 18, 102 Stat. 73, 75, 76. |
| 154702(b) | 36:4015 (last sentence).36:4017. |  |

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