---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 154508"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "154508"
heading: "Duty to maintain corporate and tax-exempt status"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/154508"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 1545 — Navy Wives Clubs of America"
---

# §154508. Duty to maintain corporate and tax-exempt status

- (a) **Corporate Status.—** The [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) shall maintain its status as a [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) incorporated under the laws of each State in which it is incorporated.
- (b) **Tax-Exempt Status.—** The [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) shall maintain its status as an organization exempt from taxation under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 ([26 U.S.C. 1](/usc/26/1.md) et seq.).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1436.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 154508(a) | 36:2808(f). | Oct. 19, 1984, Pub. L. 98–520, §§ 8(f), 15 (1st sentence), 98 Stat. 2429, 2430. |
| 154508(b) | 36:2814 (1st sentence). |  |