36 USC § 50301 - Organization

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identifier: "/us/usc/t36/s50301"
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title: "36 USC § 50301 - Organization"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "50301"
section_name: "Organization"
chapter_number: 503
chapter_name: "DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS"
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. 1343.)"
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# § 50301. Organization

**(a)** **Federal Charter.—** Disabled American Veterans (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. 1343.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 50301(a) | 36:90a. | June 17, 1932, ch. 268, § 1, 47 Stat. 320; July 15, 1942, ch. 505, § 1, 56 Stat. 659. |
|  | 36:90b. | June 17, 1932, ch. 268, §§ 2, 4 (related to perpetual succession), 47 Stat. 320, 321. |
| 50301(b) | 36:90d (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.