---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 140101"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "140101"
heading: "Organization"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/140101"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 1401 — Marine Corps League"
---

# §140101. Organization

- (a) **Federal Charter.—** Marine Corps League (in this chapter, the “[corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7)”) is a federally chartered [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7).
- (b) **Perpetual Existence.—** Except as otherwise provided, the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) has perpetual existence.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1379.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 140101(a) | 36:57. | Aug. 4, 1937, ch. 564, §§ 1, 3(a), 50 Stat. 558, 559. |
| 140101(b) | 36:57b(a). |  |

Subsection (a) is substituted for the source provision for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate executed and unnecessary words.

Subsection (b) is substituted for “shall have perpetual succession” for consistency in the revised title.