---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 20202"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "20202"
heading: "Organization"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/20202"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 202 — Air Force Sergeants Association"
---

# §20202. Organization

- (a) **Federal Charter.—** Air Force Sergeants Association (in this chapter, the “[corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7)”), a nonprofit [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) incorporated in the District of Columbia, is a federally chartered [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7).
- (b) **Expiration of Charter.—** If the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) does not comply with any provision of this chapter, the charter granted by this chapter expires.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 105–354, § 1(4)(A), Nov. 3, 1998, 112 Stat. 3239.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 20202(a) | 36 App.:5801. | Nov. 18, 1997, Pub. L. 105–85, title XV, §§ 1501, 1514 (related to termination of charter), 1515, 111 Stat. 1963, 1966. |
| 20202(b) | 36 App.:5813 (related to termination of charter).<br>36 App.:5814. |  |

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