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[CITE: 36USC150706]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
            CHAPTER 1507--NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CITIZENSHIP
 
Sec. 150706. Powers

    The corporation may--
        (1) adopt and amend bylaws and regulations for the management of 
    its property and the regulation of its affairs, including the 
    establishment and maintenance of local and State conferences on 
    citizenship;
        (2) adopt and alter a corporate seal;
        (3) adopt emblems and badges;
        (4) choose officers, managers, employees, and agents as the 
    activities of the corporation require;
        (5) make contracts;
        (6) acquire, own, lease, encumber, and transfer property as 
    necessary to carry out the purposes of the corporation;
        (7) borrow money, issue instruments of indebtedness, and secure 
    its obligations by granting security interests in its property;
        (8) use corporate funds to give prizes or awards to citizens for 
    outstanding contributions toward the achievement of the purposes of 
    the corporation;
        (9) publish a magazine and other publications consistent with 
    the purposes of the corporation;
        (10) sue and be sued; and
        (11) do any other act necessary and proper to carry out the 
    purposes of the corporation.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1393.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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150706................................  36:434.                          Aug. 1
3, 1953, ch. 427, Sec.  4, 67
                                                                          Stat.
 562.
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    In clause (1), the word ``alter'' is omitted as unnecessary. The 
words ``not inconsistent with the laws of the United States or any State 
in which such corporation is to operate'' are omitted as unnecessary.
    In clause (2), the word ``use'' is omitted as unnecessary.
    In clause (3), the words ``adopt emblems and badges'' are 
substituted for ``use and display such emblems and badges as it may 
adopt'' for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate 
unnecessary words.
    In clause (5), the words ``make contracts'' are substituted for 
``contract and be contracted with'' for consistency and to eliminate 
unnecessary words.
    Clause (6) is substituted for ``take and hold by lease, gift, 
purchase, grant, devise, or bequest any property, real or personal, 
necessary for attaining the objects and accomplishing the purposes of 
the corporation'' and ``transfer and convey real or personal property'' 
for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary words. 
The words ``subject to applicable provisions of law of any State (a) 
governing the amount or kind of real and personal property which may be 
held by, or (b) otherwise limiting or controlling the ownership of real 
and personal property by a corporation operating in such State'' are 
omitted as unnecessary.
    In clause (7), the words ``for the purposes of the corporation'' are 
omitted as unnecessary. The words ``issue instruments of indebtedness, 
and secure its obligations by granting security interests in its 
property'' are substituted for ``issue bonds therefor, and secure the 
same by mortgage'' for consistency in the revised title. The words 
``subject to all applicable provisions of Federal or State law'' are 
omitted as unnecessary.
    In clause (10), the words ``complain, and defend in any court of 
competent jurisdiction'' are omitted as unnecessary.
    In clause (11), the words ``any other act'' are substituted for 
``any and all acts and things'' to eliminate unnecessary words. The word 
``objects'' is omitted as unnecessary.
