---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 20902"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "20902"
heading: "Organization"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/20902"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 209 — American Ex-Prisoners of War"
---

# §20902. Organization

- (a) **Federal Charter.—** American Ex-Prisoners of War (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 State of Washington, 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

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1290.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 20902(a) | 36:2101. | Aug. 10, 1982, Pub. L. 97–234, §§ 1, 15 (last sentence), 17, 96 Stat. 261, 263, 264. |
| 20902(b) | 36:2114 (last sentence).<br>36:2116. |  |

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