---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 140301"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "140301"
heading: "Organization"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/140301"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 1403 — The Military Chaplains Association of the United States of America"
---

# §140301. Organization

- (a) **Federal Charter.—** The Military Chaplains Association of the United States of America (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. 1380.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 140301(a) | 36:311. | Sept. 20, 1950, ch. 956, §§ 1, 2, 4(a), 64 Stat. 868. |
|  | 36:312. |  |
| 140301(b) | 36:314(a). |  |

Subsection (a) is substituted for the source provisions 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.