Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73
§9491 Status as federally chartered corporation; purposes
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle D— - Air Force and Space Force › Part PART III— - TRAINING › Chapter CHAPTER 959— - CIVIL AIR PATROL › § 9491
Summary
The Civil Air Patrol is a nonprofit group that has a federal charter. Except where another law says otherwise, it is not part of the federal government, and its purposes are set out in its charter.
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Title 10, §9491
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(a)(1)The Civil Air Patrol is a nonprofit corporation that is federally chartered under section 40301 of title 36.
(2)Except as provided in section 9492(b)(2) of this title, the Civil Air Patrol is not an instrumentality of the Federal Government for any purpose.
(b)The purposes of the Civil Air Patrol are set forth in section 40302 of title 36.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–232, § 806(a)(1), renumbered section 9441 of this title as this section. Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 115–232, § 809(a), substituted “section 9492(b)(2)” for “section 9442(b)(2)”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of
Amendments
and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.
Effective Date
Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title X, § 1090(c)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–300, provided that: “The
Amendments
made by this section [enacting this section and sections 9492 to 9498 of this title and amending section 40302 and 40303 of Title 36, Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations] shall take effect 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 30, 2000].”
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Citation
10 U.S.C. § 9491
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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