36 USC § 220106 - Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and badges

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identifier: "/us/usc/t36/s220106"
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title: "36 USC § 220106 - Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and badges"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "220106"
section_name: "Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and badges"
chapter_number: 2201
chapter_name: "UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, 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. 1461.)"
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# § 220106. Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and badges

The corporation and its councils, organizations, chapters, and affiliates have the exclusive right to use the names “United Service Organizations, Incorporated” and “USO” and seals, emblems, and badges the corporation adopts.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1461.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 220106 | 36:1307. | Dec. 29, 1979, Pub. L. 96–165, § 7, 93 Stat. 1271. |

The word “sole” is omitted as included in “exclusive”, and the words “such distinctive insignia” are omitted as included in “seals, emblems, and badges”. The words “lawfully” and “in carrying out its purposes” are omitted as unnecessary.