---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 20501"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "20501"
heading: "Organization"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/20501"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 205 — American Chemical Society"
---

# §20501. Organization


American Chemical Society (in this chapter, the “[corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7)”) is a federally chartered [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1287.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 20501 | 36:3201. | Aug. 25, 1937, ch. 762, §§ 1, 7, 50 Stat. 798, 799. |
|  | 36:3207. |  |

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

The text of 36:3207 is omitted as executed and obsolete.