36 USC 70501: Organization
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*Public Law 119-60 has been enacted, but classifications have not been finalized. The currency ("laws in effect") date does not reflect acts for which classifications have not been finalized.

36 USC 70501: Organization Text contains those laws in effect on January 11, 2026
From Title 36-PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONSSubtitle II-Patriotic and National OrganizationsPart B-OrganizationsCHAPTER 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") is a federally chartered corporation.

(b) Perpetual Existence.-Except as otherwise provided, the corporation has perpetual existence.

( Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1351 ; Pub. L. 119–57, §2, Dec. 12, 2025, 139 Stat. 711 .)

Historical and Revision Notes
Revised

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."