Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110

§9491 Status as Federally Chartered Corporation; Purposes

Title 10 › Subtitle D — Air Force and Space Force › PART III — TRAINING › CHAPTER 959 — CIVIL AIR PATROL › § 9491

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Says the Civil Air Patrol is a nonprofit group that has a federal charter under section 40301 of title 36. Except as allowed by section 9492(b)(2), it is not part of the Federal Government for any purpose. Its official purposes are listed in section 40302 of title 36.

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Title 10, §9491

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(a)Status.—

(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)Purposes.—

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

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110