---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 22303"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "22303"
heading: "Membership"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/22303"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 223 — American Symphony Orchestra League"
---

# §22303. Membership

- (a) **Eligibility.—** Except as provided in this chapter, eligibility for membership in the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) and the rights, privileges, and designation of classes of members are as provided in the constitution and bylaws of the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7).
- (b) **Voting.—** Each member (except an honorary, sustaining, or associate member) has one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of the members.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1302.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 22303 | 36:3406. | Oct. 15, 1962, Pub. L. 87–817, § 6, 76 Stat. 931. |

In subsection (a), the words “are as provided in the constitution and bylaws of the corporation” are substituted for “shall . . . be determined as the constitution and bylaws of the corporation may provide” to eliminate unnecessary words.

In subsection (b), the words “the right to” are omitted as unnecessary.