36 USC § 190307 - Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and badges

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identifier: "/us/usc/t36/s190307"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "36 USC § 190307 - Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and badges"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "190307"
section_name: "Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and badges"
chapter_number: 1903
chapter_name: "RETIRED ENLISTED ASSOCIATION, INCORPORATED"
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. 1450.)"
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# § 190307. Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and badges

The corporation has the exclusive right to use the names “The Retired Enlisted Association, Incorporated”, “The Retired Enlisted Association”, “Retired Enlisted Association”, and “TREA” and seals, emblems, and badges the corporation adopts. This section does not affect any vested rights.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1450.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 190307 | 36:5115. | Oct. 23, 1992, Pub. L. 102–484, title XVIII, § 1836, 106 Stat. 2586. |

The words “sole” and “lawfully” are omitted as unnecessary. The last sentence is substituted for “Nothing in this section may be construed to conflict or interfere with rights that are established or vested before ” for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary words.