---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 140702"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "140702"
heading: "Organization"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/140702"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 1407 — Military Order of the World Wars"
---

# §140702. Organization

- (a) **Federal Charter.—** Military Order of the World Wars (in this chapter, the “[corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7)”), a nonprofit [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) incorporated in the District of Columbia, is a federally chartered [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7).
- (b) **Expiration of Charter.—** The charter granted by this chapter expires if the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) fails to comply with any provision of—
  - (1) its bylaws or articles of incorporation;
  - (2) this chapter; or
  - (3) the laws of the District of Columbia that apply to [corporations](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) such as the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) recognized under this chapter.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1384.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 140702(a) | 36:5001. | Oct. 23, 1992, Pub. L. 102–484, title XVIII, §§ 1801, 1815 (last sentence), 1816, 106 Stat. 2581, 2583. |
| 140702(b) | 36:5014 (last sentence).<br>36:5015. |  |

Subsection (a) is substituted for the source provision for consistency in the revised title.

In subsection (b), the words “restriction or other” in 36:5015 are omitted as unnecessary. The text of 36:5014 (last sentence) is omitted as unnecessary because of clause (2) of the revised subsection.