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[CITE: 36USC40504]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
 CHAPTER 405--CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES 
                               OF AMERICA
 
Sec. 40504. Governing body

    (a) Board of Directors.--(1) The board of directors is the governing 
body of the corporation. The board may exercise, or provide for the 
exercise of, the powers of the corporation.
    (2) The number of directors, their manner of election (including the 
filling of vacancies), and their term of office are as provided in the 
bylaws. However, the board shall have at least 9 directors.
    (3) The board shall meet at least annually. Each director has one 
vote on matters decided by the board.
    (4) The president of the corporation is the chairman of the board.
    (b) Officers.--(1) The officers of the corporation are a president, 
an executive vice president, a secretary, a treasurer, and 6 regional 
vice presidents as provided in the bylaws. The offices of secretary and 
treasurer may be combined and held by the same individual, but an 
individual holding those combined offices has only one vote as a 
director.
    (2) The manner of election, term of office, duties, and powers of 
the officers are as provided in the bylaws.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1333.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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40504(a)(1)...........................  36:797(a), (c) (1st sentence     Aug. 1
4, 1958, Pub. L. 85-642, Secs.
                                         words before 3d comma).          7, 8,
 72 Stat. 599.
40504(a)(2)...........................  36:797(b), (c) (1st sentence
                                         words between 3d and 4th
                                         commas).
40504(a)(3)...........................  36:797(c) (last sentence).
40504(a)(4)...........................  36:797(c) (2d sentence).
40504(b)..............................  36:797(c) (1st sentence words
                                         after 4th comma).
                                        36:798.
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    In subsection (a)(1), the text of 36:797(a) (12th-last words) is 
omitted as obsolete.
    In subsection (b)(2), the words ``duties, and powers'' are 
substituted for ``powers'' in 36:798(b) and for ``duties'' in 36:798(c) 
to eliminate unnecessary words.
