36 USC § 70907 - Exclusive right to name,1 seals, emblems, and badges

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title: "36 USC § 70907 - Exclusive right to name,1 seals, emblems, and badges"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "70907"
section_name: "Exclusive right to name,1 seals, emblems, and badges"
chapter_number: 709
chapter_name: "FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Organizations"
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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. 1358; Pub. L. 116–7, § 8, Feb. 21, 2019, 133 Stat. 481.)"
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# 2 Exclusive right to name,1 seals, emblems, and badges

So in original. Probably should be “names”.

So in original. The comma preceding the closing quotation marks probably should not appear.

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The FFA and its authorized chapters and associations of chapters have the exclusive right to use the names “Future Farmers of America” and “National FFA Organization,”  and the initials FFA as representing an agricultural education membership organization and seals, emblems, and badges the FFA adopts.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1358; Pub. L. 116–7, § 8, Feb. 21, 2019, 133 Stat. 481.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 70907 | 36:286. | Aug. 30, 1950, ch. 823, § 16, 64 Stat. 566. |

The words “duly”, “sole”, and “lawfully” are omitted as unnecessary.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2019— substituted “FFA” for “corporation” in two places, “names” for “name”, and “ ‘Future Farmers of America’ and ‘National FFA Organization,’ ” for “ ‘Future Farmers of America’ ” and inserted “education” before “membership”.