36 USC § 22101 - Organization

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identifier: "/us/usc/t36/s22101"
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title: "36 USC § 22101 - Organization"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "22101"
section_name: "Organization"
chapter_number: 221
chapter_name: "THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW"
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. 1300.)"
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# § 22101. Organization

**(a)** **Federal Charter.—** The American Society of International Law (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. 1300.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 22101(a) | 36:341. | Sept. 20, 1950, ch. 958, §§ 1, 5 (related to perpetual succession), 10, 64 Stat. 869, 871, 872. |
| 22101(b) | 36:345 (related to perpetual succession).36:350. |  |

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