36 U.S.C. § 230101 — Organization
U.S.C. Title 36 - PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, ANDÂ ORGANIZATIONS 36 U.S.C. United States Code, 2023 Edition Title 36 - PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, ANDÂ ORGANIZATIONS Subtitle II - Patriotic and National Organizations Part B - Organizations CHAPTER 2301 - VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES Sec. 230101 - Organization From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov
§230101. Organization
(a) Federal Charter.—Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (in this chapter, the "corporation"), a national association of veterans who as soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen served this Nation in wars, campaigns, and expeditions on foreign soil or in hostile waters, is a federally chartered corporation. (b) Perpetual Existence.—Except as otherwise provided, the corporation has perpetual existence.
(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1481; Pub. L. 113–199, §1(a), Dec. 4, 2014, 128 Stat. 2058.)
Historical and Revision Notes Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large)
230101(a) 36:111. May 28, 1936, ch. 471, §1, 49 Stat. 1390; May 29, 1953, ch. 85, §1, 67 Stat. 40.
36:112. May 28, 1936, ch. 471, §§2, 4 (words before 4th semicolon related to perpetual succession), 49 Stat. 1390, 1391.
230101(b) 36:114 (words before 4th semicolon related to perpetual succession).
Subsection (a) is substituted for the source provisions for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary and executed words. In subsection (b), the words "perpetual existence" are substituted for "perpetual succession" for consistency in the revised title.
Editorial Notes
Amendments 2014—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–199 substituted "veterans" for "men".