36 USC § 40301 - Organization

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identifier: "/us/usc/t36/s40301"
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title: "36 USC § 40301 - Organization"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "40301"
section_name: "Organization"
chapter_number: 403
chapter_name: "CIVIL AIR PATROL"
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. 1331.)"
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# § 40301. Organization

**(a)** **Federal Charter.—** Civil Air Patrol (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. 1331.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 40301(a) | 36:201. | July 1, 1946, ch. 527, §§ 1, 5 (related to perpetual succession), 60 Stat. 346, 347. |
| 40301(b) | 36:205 (related to perpetual succession). |  |

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