Title 36, Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-110
§150704 National Officers
Title 36 › Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations › Part B — Organizations › CHAPTER 1507 — NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CITIZENSHIP › § 150704
Summary
The corporation must have six national officers: a president, three vice presidents, a secretary, and a treasurer. They are elected every two years by a majority vote of the agencies that attend the annual national conference on citizenship, and the president chairs the board and the executive committee.
Full Legal Text
Title 36, §150704
Patriotic and National Observances, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)National Officers.—
The national officers of the corporation are a president, a first vice president, a second vice president, a third vice president, a secretary, and a treasurer. The president is chairman of the board of directors and of the executive committee described in section 150705(d) of this title.
(b)Election.—
The national officers are elected biennially from among the officers and members of the member agencies and organizations participating in the annual national conference on citizenship, by a majority vote of the agencies and organizations sending delegates to, and participating in, the conference.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 15070436:437.Aug. 13, 1953, ch. 427, § 7, 67 Stat. 563. In subsection (b), the words “For the purposes of initiating the corporation, the national officers shall be elected within ten days of August 13, 1953, by the persons named in section 431 of this title, to serve until the final session of the next following annual conference. Thereafter” are omitted as obsolete. The words “one vote to each such agency and to each such organization” are omitted because section 150703(b) of the revised title already states that each of those agencies and organizations has one vote.
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36 U.S.C. § 150704
Title 36, Patriotic and National Observances
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110