36 USC § 90101 - Organization

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identifier: "/us/usc/t36/s90101"
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title: "36 USC § 90101 - Organization"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "90101"
section_name: "Organization"
chapter_number: 901
chapter_name: "HELP AMERICA VOTE FOUNDATION"
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: "(Added Pub. L. 107–252, title VI, § 601(a), Oct. 29, 2002, 116 Stat. 1718, § 152601; renumbered § 90101, Pub. L. 113–237, § 3(c)(6)(B), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 2840.)"
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# § 90101. Organization

**(a)** **Federal Charter.—** The Help America Vote Foundation (in this chapter, the “foundation”) is a federally chartered corporation.

**(b)** **Nature of Foundation.—** The foundation is a charitable and nonprofit corporation and is not an agency or establishment of the United States Government.

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

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 107–252, title VI, § 601(a), Oct. 29, 2002, 116 Stat. 1718, § 152601; renumbered § 90101, Pub. L. 113–237, § 3(c)(6)(B), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 2840.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2014— renumbered  as this section.