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[CITE: 36USC30505]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
             CHAPTER 305--BLUE STAR MOTHERS OF AMERICA, INC.
 
Sec. 30505. Governing body

    (a) National Convention.--(1) The national convention is the supreme 
governing authority of the corporation.
    (2) The national convention is composed of officers and elected 
representatives from the States and other local subdivisions of the 
corporation as provided in the constitution and bylaws. However, the 
form of government of the corporation must be representative of the 
membership at large and may not permit concentration of control in a 
limited number of members or in a self-perpetuating group not 
representative of the membership at large.
    (3) The meetings of the national convention may be held in the 
District of Columbia or any State, territory, or possession of the 
United States.
    (b) Officers.--The officers of the corporation and their manner of 
selection, term of office, and duties are as provided in the 
constitution and bylaws of the corporation.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1320.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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30505(a)..............................  36:946.                          July 1
4, 1960, Pub. L. 86-653, Secs.
                                                                          6, 7,
 74 Stat. 516.
30505(b)..............................  36:947.
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    In subsection (a)(2), the words ``several'', ``always'', and 
``thereof . . . the hands of'' are omitted as unnecessary.
    In subsection (a)(3), the words ``State, territory, or possession of 
the United States'' are substituted for ``State or Territory'' for 
consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United 
States Code.
    Subsection (b) is substituted for the source provision for 
consistency in the revised title.
