---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 22712"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "22712"
heading: "Distribution of assets on dissolution or final liquidation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/22712"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 227 — Amvets (american Veterans)"
---

# §22712. Distribution of assets on dissolution or final liquidation


On dissolution or final liquidation of the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7), any assets remaining after the discharge or satisfactory provision for discharge of all liabilities shall be transferred to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to be applied to the care and comfort of disabled veterans of World War II, the Korean conflict, and the Vietnam era.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1309.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 22712 | 36:67h. | July 23, 1947, ch. 298, § 9, 61 Stat. 407; Aug. 15, 1977, Pub. L. 95–98, § 1(b)(3), 91 Stat. 830; June 13, 1991, Pub. L. 102–54, § 13(n)(1), 105 Stat. 278. |

The words “Secretary of Veterans Affairs” are substituted for “Department of Veterans Affairs” because under 38:303 the Secretary is the head of the Department.