§ 300101. — Organization.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 36USC300101]
TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND
ORGANIZATIONS
Subtitle III--Treaty Obligation Organizations
CHAPTER 3001--THE AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS
Sec. 300101. Organization
(a) Federal Charter.--The American National Red Cross (in this
chapter, the ``corporation'') is a body corporate and politic in the
District of Columbia.
(b) Name.--The name of the corporation is ``The American National
Red Cross''.
(c) Perpetual Existence.--Except as otherwise provided, the
corporation has perpetual existence.
(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1490.)
Historical and Revision Notes
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Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)
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300101................................ 36:1. Jan. 5, 1905, ch. 23, Sec. 1, 33 Stat.
599.
36:1a. May 8, 1947, ch. 50, Sec. 8, 61 Stat.
83.
36:2 (1st sentence words before Jan. 5, 1905, ch. 23, Sec. 2 (1st
2d comma). sentence words before 2d comma), 33
Stat. 600; May 8, 1947, ch. 50, Sec.
3, 61 Stat. 81.
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This section is substituted for the source provisions to eliminate
unnecessary and obsolete language.
