---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 20702"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "20702"
heading: "Organization"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/20702"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 207 — American Council of Learned Societies"
---

# §20702. Organization


American Council of Learned Societies (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).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1288.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 20702 | 36:1901. | June 1, 1982, Pub. L. 97–192, § 1, 96 Stat. 109. |

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