---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 21501"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "21501"
heading: "Organization"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/21501"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 215 — American Hospital of Paris"
---

# §21501. Organization

- (a) **Federal Charter.—** American Hospital of Paris (in this chapter, the “[corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7)”) is a federally chartered [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7).
- (b) **Place of Incorporation.—** The [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) is declared to be incorporated in the District of Columbia.
- (c) **Perpetual Existence.—** Except as otherwise provided, the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) has perpetual existence.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1295.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 21501 | 36:4901. | Jan. 30, 1913, ch. 21, § 1, 37 Stat. 654. |
|  | 36:4909. | Jan. 30, 1913, ch. 21, § 9, 37 Stat. 655; Sept. 19, 1962, Pub. L. 87–673, 76 Stat. 557; Oct. 1, 1965, Pub. L. 89–231, § 2, 79 Stat. 901. |

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