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[CITE: 36USC21701]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
                    CHAPTER 217--THE AMERICAN LEGION
 
Sec. 21701. Organization

    (a) Federal Charter.--The American Legion (in this chapter, the 
``corporation'') is a federally chartered corporation.
    (b) Perpetual Existence.--Except as otherwise provided, the 
corporation has perpetual existence.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1297.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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21701(a)..............................  36:41.                           Sept. 
16, 1919, ch. 59, Secs.  1, 2, 41
                                                                          Stat.
 284.
                                        36:42.
21701(b)..............................  36:44 (words before 4th          Sept. 
16, 1919, ch. 59, Sec.  4 (words
                                         semicolon related to perpetual   befor
e 4th semicolon related to
                                         succession).                     perpe
tual succession), 41 Stat. 285;
                                                                          June 
26, 1953, ch. 153, Sec.  1, 67
                                                                          Stat.
 82.
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    This section is substituted for the source provisions for 
consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary and 
obsolete language.
