36 USC § 190101 - Organization

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identifier: "/us/usc/t36/s190101"
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title: "36 USC § 190101 - Organization"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "190101"
section_name: "Organization"
chapter_number: 1901
chapter_name: "RESERVE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Organizations"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1447.)"
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# § 190101. Organization

**(a)** **Federal Charter.—** Reserve Officers Association of the United States (in this chapter, the “corporation”) is a federally chartered corporation.

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

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1447.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 190101 | 36:221. | June 30, 1950, ch. 431, §§ 1, 2, 4 (related to perpetual succession), 64 Stat. 312, 313. |
|  | 36:222. |  |
|  | 36:224 (related to perpetual succession). |  |

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