---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 151107"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "151107"
heading: "Principal office"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/151107"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 1511 — National Education Association of the United States"
---

# §151107. Principal office


The principal office of the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) shall be in the District of Columbia. However, the activities of the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) may be conducted, and offices may be maintained, throughout the United States in accordance with the bylaws.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1398.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 151107 | 36:5308. | June 30, 1906, ch. 3929, § 8, 34 Stat. 807; June 14, 1937, ch. 336, § 4, 50 Stat. 258. |

The words “activities of the corporation may be conducted” are substituted for “meetings of the corporation, its officers, committees, and departments, may be held, and . . . its business may be transacted” for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary words.