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[CITE: 36USC170306]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
            CHAPTER 1703--PEARL HARBOR SURVIVORS ASSOCIATION
 
Sec. 170306. Powers

    The corporation has the powers provided in its bylaws and articles 
of incorporation filed in the State in which it is incorporated, 
including the power to--
        (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 emblems and badges;
        (4) establish, maintain, and regulate offices to conduct the 
    affairs of the corporation;
        (5) publish a magazine and other publications;
        (6) charge and collect membership dues and subscription fees and 
    receive contributions or grants of money or property to be used to 
    carry out the purposes of the corporation;
        (7) accept gifts, legacies, and devises that will further the 
    purposes of the corporation;
        (8) promote the formation of auxiliaries, the membership 
    requirements of which shall be as provided in the constitution and 
    the bylaws of the corporation;
        (9) sue and be sued; and
        (10) do any other act necessary or desirable to carry out the 
    purposes of the corporation.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1443.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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170306................................  36:3602.                         Oct. 7
, 1985, Pub. L. 99-119, Sec.  2,
                                                                          99 St
at. 498.
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    Before clause (1), the words ``(hereinafter in this chapter referred 
to as the `corporation')'' and ``and subject to the laws of such State'' 
are omitted as unnecessary.
    In clause (1), the words ``alter'' and ``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 (9), the words ``complain, and defend in any court of 
competent jurisdiction'' are omitted as unnecessary.
    In clause (10), the words ``lawful'', ``and things'', and ``objects 
and'' are omitted as unnecessary.
