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[CITE: 36USC152505]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
                  CHAPTER 1525--NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL
 
Sec. 152505. Powers

    The corporation may--
        (1) adopt and amend a constitution and bylaws for the management 
    of its property and the regulation of its affairs;
        (2) adopt and alter a corporate seal;
        (3) adopt and alter seals, emblems, and badges;
        (4) choose directors, officers, trustees, 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) publish a magazine and other publications consistent with 
    the purposes of the corporation;
        (9) charge and collect membership dues and subscription fees;
        (10) receive contributions or grants of money or property to be 
    devoted to carrying out the purposes of the corporation;
        (11) use corporate funds to give prizes, awards, or other 
    evidences of merit or recognition to individuals, corporations, and 
    other organizations, public or private, for outstanding 
    contributions toward the achievement of the purposes of the 
    corporation;
        (12) organize, establish, and conduct conferences on safety and 
    accident prevention;
        (13) establish and maintain offices to conduct its activities, 
    charter local, State, and regional safety organizations, and 
    establish, regulate, and discontinue departmental subdivisions and 
    local, State, and regional chapters in appropriate places throughout 
    the United States and its territories and possessions;
        (14) sue and be sued; and
        (15) do any other act necessary and proper to carry out the 
    purposes of the corporation.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1416.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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152505................................  36:464.                          Aug. 1
3, 1953, ch. 429, Secs.  4, 18,
                                                                          67 St
at. 570, 574.
                                        36:478.
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    In this section, the text of 36:478 is omitted as executed and 
obsolete.
    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 the corporation is to operate'' are omitted as unnecessary.
    In clause (2), the word ``use'' is omitted as unnecessary.
    In clause (3), the words ``use, and display'' and ``as it may 
adopt'' are omitted as unnecessary.
    In clauses (4) and (13), the word ``activities'' is substituted for 
``business'' for consistency in the revised title.
    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 carrying into effect the 
purposes of the corporation'' and ``transfer, encumber, 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 in 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 or 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 (8), the words ``and materials, whether periodic or 
occasional'' are omitted as unnecessary.
    In clause (11), the word ``individuals'' is substituted for 
``persons'' for consistency in the revised title. The word 
``associations'' is omitted as included in ``organizations''.
    In clause (14), the words ``complain, and defend in any court of 
competent jurisdiction'' are omitted as unnecessary.
    In clause (15), the words ``and, for such purpose, the corporation 
shall also have, in addition to the foregoing in this section and 
subsection, the rights, powers, duties, and liabilities of the existing 
corporation referred to in section 478 of this title as far as they are 
not modified or superseded by this chapter'' are omitted as unnecessary.
