---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 150301"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "150301"
heading: "Federal charter"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/150301"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 1503 — National Academy of Sciences"
---

# §150301. Federal charter


National Academy of Sciences (in this chapter, the “[corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7)”) is a federally chartered [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1388.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 150301 | 36:251. | Mar. 3, 1863, ch. 111, § 1, 12 Stat. 806. |

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