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36 U.S.C. 150301: Federal charterText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 36-PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONSCHAPTER 1503-NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
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§150301. Federal charter

National Academy of Sciences (in this chapter, the “corporation”) is a federally chartered corporation.

( Pub. L. 105–225 , Aug. 12, 1998 , 112 Stat. 1388 .)

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Section

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150301

36:251.

Mar. 3, 1863, ch. 111, § 1, 12 Stat. 806.

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