---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 20101"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "20101"
heading: "Organization"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/20101"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 201 — Agricultural Hall of Fame"
---

# §20101. Organization

- (a) **Federal Charter.—** Agricultural Hall of Fame (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. 1284.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 20101(a) | 36:971. | Aug. 31, 1960, Pub. L. 86–680, §§ 1, 2, 4(1), 16, 74 Stat. 572, 574, 577. |
|  | 36:972. |  |
| 20101(b) | 36:974(1). |  |
|  | 36:986. |  |

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