---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 22103"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "22103"
heading: "Governing body"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/22103"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 221 — The American Society of International Law"
---

# §22103. Governing body

- (a) **Executive Council.—**
  - (1) The executive council is the governing body of the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7). However, the council is subject to the directions of the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) at its annual meetings and at any other meeting called under the constitution, bylaws, or regulations of the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7).
  - (2) The council consists of a president, an honorary president, a number of vice presidents and honorary vice presidents as provided in the constitution, a secretary, a treasurer, and at least 24 additional individuals.
- (b) **Election and Terms.—** The officers of the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) and one-third of the other members of the council shall be elected at each annual meeting of the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7). However, the constitution may authorize the council—
  - (1) to elect the secretary and the treasurer of the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) for specified terms; and
  - (2) to fill vacancies until the next annual meeting.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1300.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 22103 | 36:343. | Sept. 20, 1950, ch. 958, § 3, 64 Stat. 870. |

The words “The number of members of the executive council shall initially be forty-four, and the members of the said council shall initially be the persons whose names and addresses are set forth in section 341 of this title” are omitted as obsolete.