---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 40721"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "40721"
heading: "Responsibility of corporation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/40721"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 407 — Corporation for the Promotion of Rifle Practice and Firearms Safety"
  - "Subchapter II — Civilian Marksmanship Program"
---

# §40721. Responsibility of corporation


The [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) shall supervise and control the Civilian Marksmanship Program.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1337.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 40721 | 36:5502(a) (words before cl. (1)). | Feb. 10, 1996, Pub. L. 104–106, title XVI, § 1612(a) (words before cl. (1)), 110 Stat. 516. |

The words “shall supervise and control the Civilian Marksmanship Program” are substituted for “shall have responsibility for the overall supervision, oversight, and control of the Civilian Marksmanship Program, pursuant to the transfer of the program under subsection (d), including the performance of the following” to eliminate unnecessary words.