---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 240102"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "240102"
heading: "Organization"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/240102"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 2401 — Women’s Army Corps Veterans’ Association"
---

# §240102. Organization

- (a) **Federal Charter.—** Women’s Army Corps Veterans’ Association (in this chapter, the “[corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7)”), a nonprofit [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) incorporated in the District of Columbia, is a federally chartered [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7).
- (b) **Expiration of Charter.—** If the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) does not comply with any provision of this chapter, the charter granted by this chapter expires.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1488.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 240102(a) | 36:3101. | Oct. 30, 1984, Pub. L. 98–584, §§ 1, 15 (last sentence), 16, 98 Stat. 3097, 3099. |
| 240102(b) | 36:3114 (last sentence).<br>36:3115. |  |

In subsection (a), the words “incorporated in” are substituted for “organized under the laws of”, and the words “is a federally chartered corporation” are substituted for “is recognized as such and is granted a Federal charter”, for consistency in the revised title.

In subsection (b), the word “restrictions” is omitted as included in “any provision”.