Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

36 U.S.C. § 40301

Organization

(a)

Federal Charter .—

Civil Air Patrol (in this chapter, the “corporation”) is a federally chartered corporation.
(b)

Perpetual Existence .—

Except as otherwise provided, the corporation has perpetual existence.

Pub. L. 105–225112 Stat. 1331(, , .)

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised

Section

Source (U.S. Code)

Source (Statutes at Large)

40301(a)

36:201.

July 1, 1946, ch. 527, §§ 1, 5 (related to perpetual succession), 60 Stat. 346, 347.

40301(b)

36:205 (related to perpetual succession).

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