36 USC § 70901 - Organization

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identifier: "/us/usc/t36/s70901"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "36 USC § 70901 - Organization"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "70901"
section_name: "Organization"
chapter_number: 709
chapter_name: "FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA"
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. 1356; Pub. L. 116–7, § 2, Feb. 21, 2019, 133 Stat. 478.)"
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# § 70901. Organization

**(a)** **Federal Charter.—** Future Farmers of America (in this chapter, the “FFA”) is a federally chartered corporation.

**(b)** **Perpetual Existence.—** Except as otherwise provided, the FFA has perpetual existence.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1356; Pub. L. 116–7, § 2, Feb. 21, 2019, 133 Stat. 478.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 70901 | 36:271. | Aug. 30, 1950, ch. 823, §§ 1, 2, 20, 64 Stat. 563, 567. |
|  | 36:272. |  |
|  | 36:290. |  |

This section is substituted for 36:271 for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate executed and unnecessary words. The text of 36:272 and 290 is omitted as executed and obsolete.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2019—Subsec. (a). , which directed amendment of subsec. (a) by substituting “FFA” for “corporation”, was executed by making the substitution the first place appearing to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

Subsec. (b). , substituted “FFA” for “corporation”.