---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 70501"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "70501"
heading: "Organization"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/70501"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 705 — The Foundation of the Federal Bar Association"
---

# §70501. Organization

- (a) **Federal Charter.—** The Foundation of the Federal Bar Association (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) **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. 1351; Pub. L. 119–57, § 2, Dec. 12, 2025, 139 Stat. 711.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 70501 | 36:571. | Aug. 24, 1954, ch. 911, §§ 1, 2, 68 Stat. 795. |
|  | 36:572. |  |

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

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2025—Subsecs. (b), (c). Pub. L. 119–57 redesignated subsec. (c) as (b) and struck out former subsec. (b). Prior to amendment, text of subsec. (b) read as follows: “The corporation is declared to be incorporated and domiciled in the District of Columbia.”