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[CITE: 36USC130301]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
     CHAPTER 1303--LEGION OF VALOR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
                              INCORPORATED
 
Sec. 130301. Organization

    (a) Federal Charter.--Legion of Valor of the United States of 
America, Incorporated (in this chapter, the ``corporation''), is a 
federally chartered corporation.
    (b) Place of Incorporation and Domicile.--The corporation is 
declared to be incorporated and domiciled in the District of Columbia.
    (c) Perpetual Existence.--Except as otherwise provided, the 
corporation has perpetual existence.
    (d) References to Army and Navy Legion of Valor of the United States 
of America, Incorporated.--Any reference to the Army and Navy Legion of 
Valor of the United States of America, Incorporated, is deemed to refer 
to the Legion of Valor of the United States of America, Incorporated.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1374.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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130301(a).............................  36:631 (related to creation and  Aug. 4
, 1955, ch. 546, Secs.  1, 2,
                                         declaration of incorporation).   4(1),
 69 Stat. 486, 487.
                                        36:632.
130301(b).............................  36:631 (related to place of
                                         incorporation and domicile).
130301(c).............................  36:631 (related to perpetual
                                         succession).
                                        36:634(1).
130301(d).............................  36:648.                          June 2
1, 1961, Pub. L. 87-56, Sec.  1,
                                                                          75 St
at. 95.
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    This section is substituted for the source provisions for 
consistency in the revised title and to eliminate executed and 
unnecessary words.
    In subsection (a), the text of 36:632 is omitted as executed and 
obsolete.
    In subsection (d), the words ``The corporation known as the Army and 
Navy Legion of Valor of the United States of America, Incorporated, 
which was incorporated by the Act entitled `An Act to Incorporate the 
Army and Navy Legion of Valor of the United States of America', approved 
August 4, 1955 (69 Stat. 486), shall be known and designated on and 
after June 21, 1961 as the Legion of Valor of the United States of 
America, Incorporated, and'' are omitted as executed. The words ``such 
corporation under the name of'' and ``such corporation under and by the 
name of'' are omitted as unnecessary. The words ``is deemed'' are 
substituted for ``shall be held'' for consistency in the revised title.
