36 USC § 21904 - Exclusive right to name

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identifier: "/us/usc/t36/s21904"
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title: "36 USC § 21904 - Exclusive right to name"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "21904"
section_name: "Exclusive right to name"
chapter_number: 219
chapter_name: "THE AMERICAN NATIONAL THEATER AND ACADEMY"
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. 1299.)"
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# § 21904. Exclusive right to name

The corporation and its State and local branches and subdivisions have the exclusive right to use the name “The American National Theater and Academy”.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1299.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 21904 | 36:3305. | July 5, 1935, ch. 373, § 5, 49 Stat. 458. |

The word “sole” is omitted as included in “exclusive”. The words “to have” are omitted as included in “to use”. The words “in carrying out its purposes” are omitted as unnecessary.