---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 100102"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "100102"
heading: "Organization"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/100102"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 1001 — Italian American War Veterans of the United States"
---

# §100102. Organization

- (a) **Federal Charter.—** Italian American War Veterans of the United States (in this chapter, the “[corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7)”), a nonprofit [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) incorporated in California, Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island, is a federally chartered [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7).
- (b) **Expiration of Charter.—** If the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) does not comply with any provision of this chapter, the charter granted by this chapter expires.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1364.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 100102(a) | 36:1701. | Nov. 20, 1981, Pub. L. 97–82, §§ 1, 15 (last sentence), 16, 95 Stat. 1091, 1093. |
| 100102(b) | 36:1714 (last sentence).<br>36:1715. |  |

In subsection (a), the words “organized and” and “the Nonprofit Corporation Acts of the States of” are omitted as unnecessary. The words “is a federally chartered corporation” are substituted for “is hereby recognized as such and is granted a charter” for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary words.

In subsection (b), the text of 36:1714 (last sentence) is omitted as included in 36:1715. The words “restrictions or” are omitted as unnecessary.