---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 220106"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "220106"
heading: "Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and badges"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/220106"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 2201 — United Service Organizations, Incorporated"
---

# §220106. Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and badges


The [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) and its councils, organizations, chapters, and affiliates have the exclusive right to use the names “United Service Organizations, Incorporated” and “USO” and seals, emblems, and badges the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) adopts.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1461.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 220106 | 36:1307. | Dec. 29, 1979, Pub. L. 96–165, § 7, 93 Stat. 1271. |

The word “sole” is omitted as included in “exclusive”, and the words “such distinctive insignia” are omitted as included in “seals, emblems, and badges”. The words “lawfully” and “in carrying out its purposes” are omitted as unnecessary.