---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 153501"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "153501"
heading: "Organization"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/153501"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 1535 — National Tropical Botanical Garden"
---

# §153501. Organization

- (a) **Federal Charter.—** National Tropical Botanical Garden (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. 1425.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 153501 | 36:4601. | Aug. 19, 1964, Pub. L. 88–449, § 1, 78 Stat. 496; Oct. 28, 1988, Pub. L. 100–539, § 1, 102 Stat. 2718. |
|  | 36:4602. | Aug. 19, 1964, Pub. L. 88–449, § 2, 78 Stat. 496. |

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