Title 36Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-73

§130301 Organization

Title 36 › Subtitle Subtitle II— - Patriotic and National Organizations › Part Part B— - Organizations › Chapter CHAPTER 1303— - LEGION OF VALOR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, INCORPORATED › § 130301

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Legion of Valor is an officially created federal corporation in the District of Columbia, exists forever, and any "Army and Navy Legion of Valor" mention refers to it.

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Title 36, §130301

Patriotic and National Observances — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Legion of Valor of the United States of America, Incorporated (in this chapter, the “corporation”), is a federally chartered corporation.
(b)The corporation is declared to be incorporated and domiciled in the District of Columbia.
(c)Except as otherwise provided, the corporation has perpetual existence.
(d)Any reference to the Army and Navy Legion of Valor of the United States of America, Incorporated, is deemed to refer to the Legion of Valor of the United States of America, Incorporated.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 130301(a)36:631 (related to creation and declaration of incorporation).36:632.Aug. 4, 1955, ch. 546, §§ 1, 2, 4(1), 69 Stat. 486, 487. 130301(b)36:631 (related to place of incorporation and domicile). 130301(c)36:631 (related to perpetual succession).36:634(1). 130301(d)36:648.June 21, 1961, Pub. L. 87–56, § 1, 75 Stat. 95. This section is substituted for the source provisions for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate executed and unnecessary words. In subsection (a), the text of 36:632 is omitted as executed and obsolete. In subsection (d), the words “The corporation known as the Army and Navy Legion of Valor of the United States of America, Incorporated, which was incorporated by the Act entitled ‘An Act to Incorporate the Army and Navy Legion of Valor of the United States of America’, approved August 4, 1955 (69 Stat. 486), shall be known and designated on and after June 21, 1961 as the Legion of Valor of the United States of America, Incorporated, and” are omitted as executed. The words “such corporation under the name of” and “such corporation under and by the name of” are omitted as unnecessary. The words “is deemed” are substituted for “shall be held” for consistency in the revised title.

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36 U.S.C. § 130301

Title 36Patriotic and National Observances

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Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73