---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 22501"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "22501"
heading: "Organization"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/22501"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 225 — American War Mothers"
---

# §22501. Organization

- (a) **Federal Charter.—** American War Mothers (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) **Period of Existence.—** The [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) may continue to exist until there are no individuals who qualify for membership.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1304.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 22501 | 36:91. | Feb. 24, 1925, ch. 303, §§ 1, 2, 5 (words between colon and 1st comma), 13, 15, 43 Stat. 966, 967, 968. |
|  | 36:92.<br>36:95 (words between colon and 1st comma).<br>36:103.<br>36:105. |  |

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

The text of 36:92, 103, and 105 is omitted as executed and obsolete.