---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 154301"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "154301"
heading: "Organization"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/154301"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 1543 — Navy Club of the United States of America"
---

# §154301. Organization

- (a) **Federal Charter.—** Navy Club of the United States of America (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. 1434.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 154301(a) | 36:140. | June 6, 1940, ch. 239, §§ 1, 3(a), 54 Stat. 232, 233. |
| 154301(b) | 36:140b(a). |  |

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