---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 140501"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "140501"
heading: "Organization"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/140501"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 1405 — Military Order of the Purple Heart of the United States of America, Incorporated"
---

# §140501. Organization

- (a) **Federal Charter.—** Military Order of the Purple Heart of the United States of America, Incorporated (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) **Place of Incorporation and Domicile.—** The [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) is declared to be incorporated and domiciled in the District of Columbia.
- (c) **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. 1381.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 140501 | 36:821. | Aug. 26, 1958, Pub. L. 85–761, §§ 1, 2, 4(1), 72 Stat. 854, 856. |
|  | 36:822.<br>36:824(1). |  |

This section is substituted for the source provisions for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate executed and unnecessary words.