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Title 36, Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-110

§151906 Restrictions

Title 36 › Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations › Part B — Organizations › CHAPTER 1519 — NATIONAL FUND FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION › § 151906

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The corporation cannot issue shares or pay dividends. It and its directors or officers must not give money to or help a political party or someone running for public office. The corporation’s income or property cannot go to a director, officer, or member while the corporation exists or when it is dissolved or finally wound up, except the board can approve pay for an officer. The corporation cannot make loans or advances to a director, officer, or employee. If directors vote for or agree to such a loan, or officers help make it, those people each must be responsible to the corporation for the loan amount until it is repaid.

Full Legal Text

Title 36, §151906

Patriotic and National Observances, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Stock and Dividends.—
The corporation may not issue stock or declare or pay a dividend.
(b)Political Activities.—
The corporation or a director or officer as such may not contribute to, support, or assist a political party or candidate for public office.
(c)Distribution of Income or Assets.—
The income or assets of the corporation may not inure to the benefit of, or be distributed to, a director, officer, or member during the life of the corporation or on its dissolution or final liquidation. This subsection does not prevent the payment of compensation to an officer in an amount approved by the board of directors.
(d)Loans.—
The corporation may not make a loan or advance to a director, officer, or employee. Directors who vote for or assent to making a loan or advance to a director, officer, or employee, and officers who participate in making the loan or advance, are jointly and severally liable to the corporation for the amount of the loan or advance until it is repaid.

Legislative History

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 151906(a)36:612.Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1036, §§ 9, 10, 12, 68 Stat. 894. 151906(b)36:610. 151906(c)36:609(a). 151906(d)36:609(b). In subsection (a), the words “any shares of” are omitted as unnecessary. In subsection (c), the words “inure to the benefit of” are substituted for “inure to” for consistency in the revised title. The words “This subsection does not” are substituted for “Nothing in this subsection, however, shall be construed to” for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary words. In subsection (d), the words “or advance” are added in 2 places for consistency in the subsection.

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Citation

36 U.S.C. § 151906

Title 36, Patriotic and National Observances

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110