36 USC § 70501 - Organization

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identifier: "/us/usc/t36/s70501"
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title: "36 USC § 70501 - Organization"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "70501"
section_name: "Organization"
chapter_number: 705
chapter_name: "THE FOUNDATION OF THE FEDERAL BAR ASSOCIATION"
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. 1351; Pub. L. 119–57, § 2, Dec. 12, 2025, 139 Stat. 711.)"
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# § 70501. Organization

**(a)** **Federal Charter.—** The Foundation of the Federal Bar Association (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. 1351; Pub. L. 119–57, § 2, Dec. 12, 2025, 139 Stat. 711.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 70501 | 36:571. | Aug. 24, 1954, ch. 911, §§ 1, 2, 68 Stat. 795. |
|  | 36:572. |  |

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

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2025—Subsecs. (b), (c).  redesignated subsec. (c) as (b) and struck out former subsec. (b). Prior to amendment, text of subsec. (b) read as follows: “The corporation is declared to be incorporated and domiciled in the District of Columbia.”