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[CITE: 10USC9441]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                          Subtitle D--Air Force
 
                           PART III--TRAINING
 
                      CHAPTER 909--CIVIL AIR PATROL
 
Sec. 9441. Status as federally chartered corporation; purposes

    (a) Status.--(1) The Civil Air Patrol is a nonprofit corporation 
that is federally chartered under section 40301 of title 36.
    (2) Except as provided in section 9442(b)(2) of this title, the 
Civil Air Patrol is not an instrumentality of the Federal Government for 
any purpose.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of the Civil Air Patrol are set forth in 
section 40302 of title 36.

(Added Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title X, Sec. 1090(a)], Oct. 
30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-295.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 9441, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 572; 
Pub. L. 96-342, title X, Sec. 1007(a), (b)(1), Sept. 8, 1980, 94 Stat. 
1121, 1122; Pub. L 96-513, title V, Sec. 514(12), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 
Stat. 2935; Pub. L. 98-525, title XV, Sec. 1533(a), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 
Stat. 2632; Pub. L. 99-145, title XIII, Sec. 1303(a)(28), title XIV, 
Sec. 1458(a), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 740, 763; Pub. L. 99-661, div. A, 
title XIII, Sec. 1365(a), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 4002; Pub. L. 103-
337, div. A, title X, Sec. 1062, Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2847; Pub. L. 
105-225, Sec. 4(a)(3), Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1499, related to Civil 
Air Patrol status, support by Air Force, and employment, prior to the 
general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 106-398.


                             Effective Date

    Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title X, Sec. 1090(c)], Oct. 30, 
2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-300, provided that: ``The amendments made by 
this section [enacting this section and sections 9442 to 9448 of this 
title and amending sections 40302 and 40303 of Title 36, Patriotic and 
National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations] shall take effect 
120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 30, 2000].''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 5 section 8150.
