36 USC § 70302 - Organization

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title: "36 USC § 70302 - Organization"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "70302"
section_name: "Organization"
chapter_number: 703
chapter_name: "FORMER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS"
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. 1349.)"
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# § 70302. Organization

**(a)** **Federal Charter.—** Former Members of Congress (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. 1349.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 70302(a) | 36:2201. | Jan. 8, 1983, Pub. L. 97–427, §§ 1, 15 (last sentence), 16, 96 Stat. 2265, 2267. |
| 70302(b) | 36:2214 (last sentence).36:2215. |  |

Subsection (a) is substituted for the source provision for consistency in the revised title.

In subsection (b), the words “restrictions or” are omitted as unnecessary.