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[CITE: 36USC220105]

 
     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. 220105. Powers

    The corporation has all the powers necessary and proper to carry out 
the purposes stated in section 220102 of this title, including the 
power--
        (1) to adopt and amend bylaws and regulations for the management 
    of its property and the regulation of its affairs;
        (2) to adopt and alter a corporate seal;
        (3) to adopt and alter emblems and marks;
        (4) to establish and maintain offices to conduct the affairs of 
    the corporation;
        (5) to choose officers, representatives, and agents as the 
    activities of the corporation require;
        (6) to make contracts;
        (7) to acquire, own, lease, encumber, and transfer property as 
    necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of the 
    corporation;
        (8) to borrow money, issue instruments of indebtedness, and 
    secure its obligations by granting security interests in its 
    property;
        (9) to publish a magazine, newspaper, and other publications;
        (10) to establish, regulate, and terminate councils, 
    organizations, chapters, or affiliates as needed to carry out the 
    purposes stated in section 220102 of this title;
        (11) to solicit funds;
        (12) to sue and be sued; and
        (13) to do any other act necessary and proper to carry out the 
    purposes stated in section 220102 of this title.

(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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220105................................  36:1303.                         Dec. 2
9, 1979, Pub. L. 96-165, Secs.
                                                                          3, 6 
(1st sentence), 93 Stat. 1269,
                                                                          1271.
                                        36:1306 (1st sentence).
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    In this section, the text of 36:1306 (1st sentence) is omitted as 
executed and obsolete.
    Before clause (1), the word ``objects'' is omitted as included in 
``purposes''. The word ``including'' is substituted for ``Without 
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the corporation shall have the 
following specific powers'' to eliminate unnecessary words.
    In clause (1), the word ``adopt'' is substituted for ``enact'', the 
word ``regulations'' is substituted for ``rules, and regulations'', and 
the words ``for the management of its property and the regulation of its 
affairs'' are substituted for ``for its internal governance and 
management'', for consistency in the revised title. The words ``not 
inconsistent with this chapter or other provisions of law'' are omitted 
as unnecessary.
    In clause (5), the words ``as the activities of the corporation 
require'' are substituted for ``as may be necessary to carry out the 
corporate purposes'' for consistency in the revised title.
    In clause (6), the words ``make contracts'' are substituted for 
``make and enter into contracts'' for consistency in the revised title 
and to eliminate unnecessary words.
    Clause (7) is substituted for 36:1303(d) for consistency in the 
revised title.
    In clause (8), the words ``for the purposes of the corporation'' are 
omitted as unnecessary. The words ``instruments of indebtedness, and 
secure its obligations by granting security interests in its property'' 
are substituted for ``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 clause (10), the words ``State, regional, local, and overseas'' 
are omitted as unnecessary. The words ``as needed'' are substituted for 
``in such manner and by such rules as it deems appropriate so as to 
enable it'', and the words ``to carry out the purposes stated in section 
220102 of this title'' are substituted for ``to carry out its powers and 
accomplish the objects and purposes set forth in section 1302 of this 
title'', to eliminate unnecessary words.
    In clause (11), the word ``raise'' is omitted as included in 
``solicit''. The words ``for the accomplishment of its purposes'' are 
omitted as unnecessary. The words ``accept gifts, legacies, devises, and 
support in furtherance thereof'' are omitted as unnecessary because the 
same power is granted by the words ``solicit funds'' (in this clause) 
and ``acquire [and] own . . . property'' (in clause (6)).
    In clause (12), the words ``in any court'' are omitted as 
unnecessary.
    In clause (13), 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 ``the purposes stated in 
section 220102 of this title'' are substituted for ``the foregoing 
specifically enumerated purposes'' for clarity and consistency in the 
revised section.
