36 USC § 40501 - Organization

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title: "36 USC § 40501 - Organization"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "40501"
section_name: "Organization"
chapter_number: 405
chapter_name: "CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA"
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. 1332.)"
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# § 40501. Organization

**(a)** **Federal Charter.—** Congressional Medal of Honor Society of the United States of America (in this chapter, the “corporation”) is a federally chartered corporation.

**(b)** **Place of Incorporation and Domicile.—** The corporation is declared to be incorporated and domiciled in the District of Columbia.

**(c)** **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. 1332.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 40501 | 36:791. | Aug. 14, 1958, Pub. L. 85–642, §§ 1, 2, 72 Stat. 597. |
|  | 36:792. |  |

This section is substituted for 36:791 for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate executed and unnecessary language. The text of 36:792 is omitted as executed and obsolete.