36 U.S.C. § 140702
Section 140702 · Organization
Amended 1 time on record
(a) Federal Charter.—Military Order of the World Wars (in this chapter, the “corporation”), a nonprofit corporation incorporated in the District of Columbia, is a federally chartered corporation.
(b) Expiration of Charter.—The charter granted by this chapter expires if the corporation fails to comply with any provision of—
(1) its bylaws or articles of incorporation;
(2) this chapter; or
(3) the laws of the District of Columbia that apply to corporations such as the corporation recognized under this chapter.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 140702(a) 36:5001. Oct. 23, 1992, Pub. L. 102–484, title XVIII, §§1801, 1815 (last sentence), 1816, 106 Stat. 2581, 2583. 140702(b) 36:5014 (last sentence).36:5015. Subsection (a) is substituted for the source provision for consistency in the revised title.
In subsection (b), the words “restriction or other” in 36:5015 are omitted as unnecessary. The text of 36:5014 (last sentence) is omitted as unnecessary because of clause (2) of the revised subsection.