36 USC § 230502 - Organization

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title: "36 USC § 230502 - Organization"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "230502"
section_name: "Organization"
chapter_number: 2305
chapter_name: "VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA, INC."
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Organizations"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1486.)"
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# § 230502. Organization

**(a)** **Federal Charter.—** Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc. (in this chapter, the “corporation”), a nonprofit corporation incorporated in New York, is a federally chartered corporation.

**(b)** **Expiration of Charter.—** If the corporation does not comply with any provision of this chapter, the charter granted by this chapter expires.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1486.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 230502(a) | 36:3801. | May 23, 1986, Pub. L. 99–318, §§ 1, 18, 100 Stat. 474, 477. |
| 230502(b) | 36:3817. |  |

In subsection (a), the words “incorporated in New York” are substituted for “organized under the laws of the State of New York”, and the words “is a federally chartered corporation” are substituted for “is hereby recognized as such and is granted a charter”, for consistency in the revised title.

In subsection (b), the word “restrictions” is omitted as included in “any provision of this chapter”.