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[CITE: 36USC220104]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
        CHAPTER 2201--UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, INCORPORATED
 
Sec. 220104. Governing body

    (a) Board of Governors.--(1) The board of governors is the governing 
body of the corporation. The board is responsible for the general 
policies and program of the corporation and for the control of the 
affairs and property of the corporation.
    (2) The board shall be elected by the members of the corporation for 
the term and in the classes provided in the bylaws of the corporation. 
The board includes--
        (A) six members appointed by the President;
        (B) the Secretary of State or the Secretary's designee; and
        (C) representatives of the civilian organizations listed in 
    section 220102(4) of this title, and of the public at large, as 
    provided in the bylaws.

    (3) The corporation may have other governing bodies or committees as 
provided in the bylaws.
    (b) Officers.--(1) The office of honorary chairman of the 
corporation shall be offered to the President. On acceptance, the 
honorary chairman shall be invited to preside at meetings of the 
corporation that the honorary chairman deems appropriate and convenient.
    (2) The corporation may have other officers as provided in the 
bylaws.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1460.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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220104(a).............................  36:1305(b), (c).                 Dec. 2
9, 1979, Pub. L. 96-165, Sec.
                                                                          5(b)-
(d), 93 Stat. 1270.
220104(b).............................  36:1305(d).
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    In subsection (a)(1), the words ``The board of governors is the 
governing body of the corporation'' are substituted for ``The management 
of the corporation shall be entrusted to a board of governors'' for 
consistency in the revised title.
    In subsection (a)(2), the text of 36:1305(b) (2d sentence) and the 
word ``Thereafter'' are omitted as executed and obsolete.
    In subsection (b)(1), the word ``offered'' is substituted for 
``tendered'' to use a more common word.
