---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 70102"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "70102"
heading: "Organization"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/70102"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 701 — Fleet Reserve Association"
---

# §70102. Organization

- (a) **Federal Charter.—** Fleet Reserve 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 Pennsylvania, 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. 1347; Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title X, § 1087(g)(4)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–294.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 70102(a) | 36:5601. | Sept. 23, 1996, Pub. L. 104–201, title XVIII, §§ 1801, 1814 (related to termination of charter), 1815, 110 Stat. 2760, 2762. |
| 70102(b) | 36:5613 (related to termination of charter).<br>36:5614. |  |

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

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2000—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–398 substituted “Pennsylvania” for “Delaware”.