---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 152406"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "152406"
heading: "Principal office"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/152406"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 1524 — National Recording Preservation Foundation"
---

# §152406. Principal office


The principal office of the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) shall be in the District of Columbia or another place as determined by the Board of Directors. However, the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) may conduct business throughout the States, territories, and possessions of the United States.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 106–474, title II, § 201(a), Nov. 9, 2000, 114 Stat. 2094; amended Pub. L. 110–336, § 2(b)(3)(A), Oct. 2, 2008, 122 Stat. 3727.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2008—Pub. L. 110–336 substituted “District of Columbia or another place as determined by the Board of Directors” for “District of Columbia”.