---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 21904"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "21904"
heading: "Exclusive right to name"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/21904"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 219 — The American National Theater and Academy"
---

# §21904. Exclusive right to name


The [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) and its State and local branches and subdivisions have the exclusive right to use the name “The American National Theater and Academy”.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1299.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 21904 | 36:3305. | July 5, 1935, ch. 373, § 5, 49 Stat. 458. |

The word “sole” is omitted as included in “exclusive”. The words “to have” are omitted as included in “to use”. The words “in carrying out its purposes” are omitted as unnecessary.