---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 150502"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "150502"
heading: "Organization"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/150502"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 1505 — National Conference of State Societies, Washington, District of Columbia"
---

# §150502. Organization

- (a) **Federal Charter.—** National Conference of State Societies, Washington, District of Columbia (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. 1389.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 150502 | 36:401. | Apr. 3, 1952, ch. 131, § 1, 66 Stat. 37; July 5, 1968, Pub. L. 90–382, (1), 82 Stat. 292. |

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