---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 80502"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "80502"
heading: "Organization"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/80502"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 805 — Gold Star Wives of America"
---

# §80502. Organization

- (a) **Federal Charter.—** Gold Star Wives of America (in this chapter, the “[corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7)”), incorporated in New York, 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. 1363.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 80502(a) | 36:1601. | Dec. 4, 1980, Pub. L. 96–497, §§ 1, 15 (last sentence), 94 Stat. 2595, 2597. |
| 80502(b) | 36:1614 (last sentence). |  |

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