---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 30502"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "30502"
heading: "Organization"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/30502"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 305 — Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc."
---

# §30502. Organization

- (a) **Federal Charter.—** Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc. (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 and Domicile.—** The [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) is declared to be incorporated and domiciled in the District of Columbia.
- (c) **Perpetual Existence.—** Except as otherwise provided, the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) has perpetual existence.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1320.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 30502 | 36:941. | July 14, 1960, Pub. L. 86–653, §§ 1, 2, 4(1), 74 Stat. 515, 516. |
|  | 36:942.<br>36:944(1). |  |

This section is substituted for the source provisions for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate executed and unnecessary words. The last sentence of section 1 of the Act of July 14, 1960 (Public Law 86–653, 74 Stat. 515), is omitted as executed.