FEDERAL · 36 U.S.C. · Chapter 225
Restrictions
36 U.S.C. § 22506
Title36 — Patriotic and National Observances
Chapter225 — AMERICAN WAR MOTHERS
This text of 36 U.S.C. § 22506 (Restrictions) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering United States primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
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36 U.S.C. § 22506.
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(a)General.—The corporation shall be nonprofit, nonpolitical, nonsectarian, and nonpartisan, and may not promote the candidacy of an individual seeking public office.
(b)Ownership and Use of Property.—The corporation may not accept, own, or hold, directly or indirectly, any property not reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of the corporation.
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History
(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1305.)
Editorial Notes
In subsection (a), words "as an organization" are omitted as unnecessary.
In subsection (b), the words "real or personal" are omitted as unnecessary and for consistency in the revised title. The words "not reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of the corporation" are substituted for "except such as may be reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of its creation as defined in this chapter" to eliminate unnecessary words.
In subsection (b), the words "real or personal" are omitted as unnecessary and for consistency in the revised title. The words "not reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of the corporation" are substituted for "except such as may be reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of its creation as defined in this chapter" to eliminate unnecessary words.
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