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[CITE: 36USC170104]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
               CHAPTER 1701--PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA
 
Sec. 170104. Powers

    (a) Specific Powers.--The corporation may--
        (1) adopt and amend a constitution and bylaws;
        (2) adopt and alter a corporate seal, emblems, and badges;
        (3) choose officers, representatives, and agents as necessary to 
    carry out the purposes of the corporation;
        (4) make contracts;
        (5) accept gifts, legacies, and devises that will further the 
    purposes of the corporation;
        (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) establish, regulate, and discontinue subordinate State and 
    regional organizations and local chapters or posts;
        (9) establish and maintain offices to conduct the affairs of the 
    corporation;
        (10) publish a magazine, newspaper, and other publications;
        (11) sue and be sued; and
        (12) do any other act necessary and proper to carry out the 
    purposes of the corporation.

    (b) Privileges of Other National Veterans' Organizations.--
Privileges granted to other national veterans' organizations as a result 
of their being incorporated by Congress are also granted to the 
corporation.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1440.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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170104(a).............................  36:1154 (less perpetual          Aug. 1
1, 1971, Pub. L. 92-93, Secs.  4
                                         succession).                     (less
 perpetual succession), 13, 85
                                                                          Stat.
 317, 319.
170104(b).............................  36:1163.
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    In subsection (a)(1), the word ``amend'' is substituted for 
``alter'' for consistency in the revised title. The words ``not 
inconsistent with law'' are omitted as unnecessary.
    In subsection (a)(6), the words ``acquire, own, lease, encumber, and 
transfer'' are substituted for ``acquire, hold, and dispose of'' for 
consistency in the revised title. The words ``such real and personal'' 
and ``as may be'' are omitted as unnecessary.
    In subsection (a)(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 in every case to all applicable provisions of 
Federal and State law'' are omitted as unnecessary.
    In subsection (a)(12), the words ``any other act'' are substituted 
for ``any and all acts and things'' for consistency in the revised title 
and to eliminate unnecessary words. The words ``objects and'' are 
omitted as unnecessary.
    In subsection (b), the words ``Such provisions'', ``and 
prerogatives'', ``heretofore'', and ``hereby'' are omitted as 
unnecessary.
