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[CITE: 36USC40703]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
    CHAPTER 407--CORPORATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF RIFLE PRACTICE AND 
                             FIREARMS SAFETY
 
                        SUBCHAPTER I--CORPORATION
 
Sec. 40703. Powers

    The corporation may--
        (1) adopt, use, and alter a corporate seal, which shall be 
    judicially noticed;
        (2) make contracts;
        (3) acquire, own, lease, encumber, and transfer property as 
    necessary or convenient to carry out the activities of the 
    corporation;
        (4) incur and pay obligations;
        (5) charge fees to cover the corporation's costs in carrying out 
    the Civilian Marksmanship Program; and
        (6) do any other act necessary and proper to carry out the 
    activities of the corporation.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1336.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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40703(1)..............................  36:5508(b).                      Feb. 1
0, 1996, Pub. L. 104-106, title
                                                                          XVI, 
Sec.  1618(a)(1), (2), (b)-(e),
                                                                          110 S
tat. 520.
40703(2)..............................  36:5508(c) (less ``leases'').
40703(3)..............................  36:5508(a)(1), (c) (related to
                                         leases).
40703(4)..............................  36:5508(d).
40703(5)..............................  36:5508(a)(2).
40703(6)..............................  36:5508(e).
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    In clause (2), the words ``make contracts'' are substituted for 
``enter into contracts'' for consistency in the revised title. The words 
``agreements, or other transactions'' are omitted as included in 
``contracts''.
    Clause (3) is substituted for ``The Corporation may solicit, accept, 
hold, use, and dispose of donations of money, property, and services 
received by gift, devise, bequest, or otherwise'' in 36:5508(a)(1) and 
``enter into . . . leases'' in 36:5508(c) for consistency in the revised 
title.
    Clause (4) is substituted for ``determine the character of, and 
necessity for, its obligations and expenditures and the manner in which 
they shall be incurred, allowed, and paid and may incur, allow, and pay 
such obligations and expenditures'' to eliminate unnecessary words.
    In clause (5), the words ``charge fees to cover the corporation's 
costs'' are substituted for ``impose, collect, and retain such fees as 
are reasonably necessary to cover the direct and indirect costs of the 
Corporation'' to eliminate unnecessary words.
    Clause (6) is substituted for ``take such other actions as are 
necessary or appropriate to carry out the authority provided in this 
section'' for consistency in the revised title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 40704 of this title.
