---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 140304"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "140304"
heading: "Exclusive right to name"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/140304"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 1403 — The Military Chaplains Association of the United States of America"
---

# §140304. Exclusive right to name


The [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) and its area, State, and local chapters have the exclusive right to use the name “The Military Chaplains Association of the United States of America”.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1381.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 140304 | 36:316. | Sept. 20, 1950, ch. 956, § 6, 64 Stat. 869. |

The words “sole and”, “to have and”, and “in carrying out its purpose” are omitted as unnecessary.