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[CITE: 36USC22705]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
   CHAPTER 227--AMVETS (AMERICAN VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II, KOREA, AND 
                                VIETNAM)
 
Sec. 22705. Powers

    (a) General.--The corporation may--
        (1) adopt bylaws and regulations for the management of its 
    property and the regulation of its affairs;
        (2) adopt seals, emblems, and badges;
        (3) choose officers, representatives, and agents as necessary to 
    carry out the purposes of the corporation;
        (4) make contracts;
        (5) establish State and regional organizations and local posts;
        (6) acquire, own, lease, encumber, and transfer property as 
    necessary to carry out the purposes of the corporation;
        (7) borrow money, issue instruments of indebtedness, and secure 
    its obligations by granting security interests in its property;
        (8) publish a magazine, newspaper, and other publications 
    consistent with the purposes of the corporation;
        (9) sue and be sued; and
        (10) do any other act necessary and proper to carry out the 
    purposes of the corporation.

    (b) Powers Granted to Other Organizations.--The provisions, 
privileges, and prerogatives granted before July 24, 1947, to other 
national veterans' organizations because of their incorporation by 
Congress are granted to the corporation.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1307.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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22705(a)..............................  36:67c (less perpetual           July 2
3, 1947, ch. 298, Secs.  4 (less
                                         succession).                     perpe
tual succession), 8, 10(2)-(5),
                                                                          61 St
at. 406, 407.
                                        36:67g.
                                        36:67i(2)-(5).
22705(b)..............................  36:67r.                          July 2
3, 1947, ch. 298, Sec.  19, 61
                                                                          Stat.
 408; Aug. 15, 1977, Pub. L. 95-
                                                                          98, S
ec.  1(a), 91 Stat. 830.
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    In this section, the text of 36:67g is omitted as executed and 
obsolete.
    In subsection (a)(1), the word ``adopt'' is substituted for ``ordain 
and establish'' for clarity and consistency in the revised title. The 
words ``not inconsistent with the laws of the United States of America 
or any State thereof'' are omitted as unnecessary.
    In subsection (a)(2), the words ``adopt seals, emblems, and badges'' 
are substituted for ``to use in carrying out its purposes such seals, 
emblems, and badges as it may lawfully adopt'' for consistency in the 
revised title and to eliminate unnecessary words.
    In subsection (a)(4), the words ``make contracts'' are substituted 
for ``contract and be contracted with'' for consistency in the revised 
title and to eliminate unnecessary words.
    Subsection (a)(6) is substituted for ``take and hold by lease, gift, 
purchase, grant, devise, or bequest any property, real or personal, 
necessary for attaining the objects and carrying into effect the 
purposes of the corporation'' in 36:67c and ``Transfer and convey all 
real or personal property'' in 36:67i(4) for consistency in the revised 
title and to eliminate unnecessary words. The words ``subject, however, 
to applicable provisions of law of any State (A) governing the amount or 
kind of real and personal property which may be held by, or (B) 
otherwise limiting or controlling the ownership of real and personal 
property by, a corporation operating in such State'' in 36:67c are 
omitted as unnecessary.
    In subsection (a)(7), the words ``instruments of indebtedness'' are 
substituted for ``bonds'' for consistency in the revised title. The 
words ``secure its obligations by granting security interests in its 
property'' are substituted for ``secure same by mortgage'' for 
consistency in the revised title. The words ``for the purposes of the 
corporation'', ``therefor'', and ``subject in every case to all 
applicable provisions of Federal or State laws'' are omitted as 
unnecessary.
    In subsection (b), the words ``before July 24, 1947'' are 
substituted for ``heretofore'' for clarity. The words ``and accrue'' are 
omitted as unnecessary.
