1997 U.S. Code
Title 36 - PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES AND OBSERVANCES
CHAPTER 68 - PEARL HARBOR SURVIVORS ASSOCIATION
Sec. 3602 - Powers of corporation

The Pearl Harbor Survivors Association (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the “corporation”) shall have those powers granted to it through its bylaws and articles of incorporation filed in the State in which it is incorporated and subject to the laws of such State, and such powers shall include the following:

(1) To sue and be sued, complain, and defend in any court of competent jurisdiction.

(2) To adopt, alter, and use a corporate seal.

(3) To take gifts, legacies, and devises which will further the corporate purposes.

(4) To adopt, alter, and amend a constitution and bylaws, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States or any State in which the corporation is to operate, for the management of its property and the regulation of its affairs.

(5) To charge and collect membership dues and subscription fees and to receive contributions or grants of money or property to be used to carry out its purposes.

(6) To establish, regulate, and maintain offices for the conduct of the affairs of the corporation.

(7) To promote the formation of auxiliaries, the membership requirements of which shall be determined according to the constitution and the bylaws of the corporation.

(8) To publish a magazine or other publications.

(9) To adopt emblems and badges.

(10) To do any and all lawful acts and things necessary or desirable to carry out the objects and purposes of the corporation.

(Pub. L. 99–119, §2, Oct. 7, 1985, 99 Stat. 498.)