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[CITE: 36USC220502]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
              CHAPTER 2205--UNITED STATES OLYMPIC COMMITTEE
 
                        SUBCHAPTER I--CORPORATION
 
Sec. 220502. Organization

    (a) Federal Charter.--The corporation is a federally chartered 
corporation.
    (b) Perpetual Existence.--Except as otherwise provided, the 
corporation has perpetual existence.
    (c) References to United States Olympic Association.--Any reference 
to the United States Olympic Association is deemed to refer to the 
United States Olympic Committee.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1466.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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220502(a).............................  36:371 (1st sentence).           Sept. 
21, 1950, ch. 975, title I, Sec.
                                                                          101 (
1st sentence), formerly Sec.
                                                                          1(1st
 sentence), 64 Stat. 899; Nov. 8,
                                                                          1978,
 Pub. L. 95-606, Sec.  1(a)(1),
                                                                          (2), 
92 Stat. 3045.
                                        36:372.                          Sept. 
21, 1950, ch. 975, title I, Secs.
                                                                          102, 
105(a) (words before cl. (1)
                                                                          relat
ed to perpetual succession), as
                                                                          added
 Nov. 8, 1978, Pub. L. 95-606,
                                                                          Sec. 
 1(b), 92 Stat. 3045, 3047.
220502(b).............................  36:375(a) (words before cl. (1)
                                         related to perpetual
                                         succession).
220502(c).............................  36:383.                          Aug. 1
0, 1964, Pub. L. 88-407, 78 Stat.
                                                                          383.
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    Subsection (a) is substituted for the source provisions for 
consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary and 
executed words.
    In subsection (b), the words ``Except as otherwise provided'' are 
added, the word ``has'' is substituted for ``shall have'', and the word 
``existence'' is substituted for ``succession'', for consistency in the 
revised title.
    In subsection (c), the words ``The corporation known as the United 
States Olympic Association, which was incorporated by this chapter, 
shall be known and designated on and after August 10, 1964, as the 
United States Olympic Committee and'' are omitted as executed. The words 
``such corporation under the name of'' are omitted as unnecessary. The 
words ``is deemed to'' are substituted for ``shall be held to'' for 
clarity. The words ``such corporation under and by the name of'' are 
omitted as unnecessary.
