36 USC § 240102 - Organization

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title: "36 USC § 240102 - Organization"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "240102"
section_name: "Organization"
chapter_number: 2401
chapter_name: "WOMEN’S ARMY CORPS VETERANS’ ASSOCIATION"
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. 1488.)"
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# § 240102. Organization

**(a)** **Federal Charter.—** Women’s Army Corps Veterans’ Association (in this chapter, the “corporation”), a nonprofit corporation incorporated in the District of Columbia, 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. 1488.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 240102(a) | 36:3101. | Oct. 30, 1984, Pub. L. 98–584, §§ 1, 15 (last sentence), 16, 98 Stat. 3097, 3099. |
| 240102(b) | 36:3114 (last sentence).36:3115. |  |

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

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