---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 21002"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "21002"
heading: "Organization"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/21002"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 210 — American Gi Forum of the United States"
---

# §21002. Organization

- (a) **Federal Charter.—** American GI Forum of the United States (in this chapter, the “[corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7)”), a nonprofit [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) incorporated in Texas, 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(5)(A), Nov. 3, 1998, 112 Stat. 3242.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 21002(a) | 36 App.:5901. | Aug. 13, 1998, Pub. L. 105–231, §§ 1, 14 (related to termination of charter), 15, 112 Stat. 1530, 1532. |
| 21002(b) | 36 App.:5913 (related to termination of charter).<br>36 App.:5914. |  |

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