36 USC § 21501 - Organization

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title: "36 USC § 21501 - Organization"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "21501"
section_name: "Organization"
chapter_number: 215
chapter_name: "AMERICAN HOSPITAL OF PARIS"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Organizations"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1295.)"
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# § 21501. Organization

**(a)** **Federal Charter.—** American Hospital of Paris (in this chapter, the “corporation”) is a federally chartered corporation.

**(b)** **Place of Incorporation.—** The corporation is declared to be incorporated in the District of Columbia.

**(c)** **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. 1295.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 21501 | 36:4901. | Jan. 30, 1913, ch. 21, § 1, 37 Stat. 654. |
|  | 36:4909. | Jan. 30, 1913, ch. 21, § 9, 37 Stat. 655; Sept. 19, 1962, Pub. L. 87–673, 76 Stat. 557; Oct. 1, 1965, Pub. L. 89–231, § 2, 79 Stat. 901. |

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