{"data":{"id":"us/36-u.s.c.-230101","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"36 U.S.C. § 230101","heading":"Organization","body":"(a) Federal Charter.—Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (in this chapter, the “corporation”), a national association of veterans who as soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen served this Nation in wars, campaigns, and expeditions on foreign soil or in hostile waters, is a federally chartered corporation. (b) Perpetual Existence.—Except as otherwise provided, the corporation has perpetual existence.","path":["Title 36—PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS","CHAPTER 2301—VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc36@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:59:24Z","sha256":"b8d5263ae1fa4ce5221abe97c30aa3dbe7b0bc9d96a88028e29fa4bec99e3554","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/36-u.s.c.-220712","next":"us/36-u.s.c.-230102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}