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[CITE: 36USC70904]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
                 CHAPTER 709--FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA
 
Sec. 70904. Governing body

    (a) Board of Directors.--(1) The board of directors is the governing 
body of the corporation. The board shall exercise the powers granted to 
the corporation.
    (2) The board consists of the Secretary of Education, four staff 
members in the Department of Education, and four State supervisors of 
agriculture education. The Secretary is chairman of the board.
    (3) The term of office of the directors and the method of selecting 
the directors (except ex officio directors) are as provided in the 
bylaws.
    (4) The board shall meet at least annually at the time and place 
provided in the bylaws. The annual report of the board shall be 
presented at that meeting. Special meetings of the board may be called 
at any time by the chairman.
    (b) Governing Committee.--The board may designate the chairman of 
the board and two members of the chairman's staff as a governing 
committee. When the board is not in session, the governing committee has 
the powers of the board subject to the board's direction and may 
authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers that 
require it.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1357.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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70904(a)..............................  36:278(a)-(c), (e).              Aug. 3
0, 1950, ch. 823, Sec.  8, 64
                                                                          Stat.
 565.
70904(b)..............................  36:278(d).
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    In subsection (a), the text of 36:278(e) is omitted as obsolete. In 
paragraph (2), the words ``Secretary of Education'' and ``Department of 
Education'' are substituted for ``Chief of the Agricultural Education 
Service, Office of Education, Federal Security Agency'' and 
``Agricultural Education Service, Office of Education, Federal Security 
Agency'', respectively, in section 8(a) of the Act of August 30, 1950 
(ch. 823, 64 Stat. 565), because of sections 5 and 8 of Reorganization 
Plan No. 1 of 1953 (5 App. U.S.C.) and 20:3441 and 3507.
