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36 U.S.C. § 40302 — Purposes
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The purposes of the corporation are as follows:
(1) To provide an organization to—
(A) encourage and aid citizens of the United States in contributing their efforts, services, and resources in developing aviation and in maintaining air supremacy; and
(B) encourage and develop by example the voluntary contribution of private citizens to the public welfare.
(2) To provide aviation education and training especially to its senior and cadet members.
(3) To encourage and foster civil aviation in local communities.
(4) To provide an organization of private citizens with adequate facilities to assist in meeting local and national emergencies.
(5) To assist the Department of the Air Force in fulfilling its noncombat programs and missions.
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The purposes of the corporation are as follows:
(1) To provide an organization to—
(A) encourage and aid citizens of the United States in contributing their efforts, services, and resources in developing aviation and in maintaining air supremacy; and
(B) encourage and develop by example the voluntary contribution of private citizens to the public welfare.
(2) To provide aviation education and training especially to its senior and cadet members.
(3) To encourage and foster civil aviation in local communities.
(4) To provide an organization of private citizens with adequate facilities to assist in meeting local and national emergencies.
(5) To assist the Department of the Air Force in fulfilling its noncombat programs and missions.
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The Superintendent of the Academy may grant a leave of absence for the period of the suspension of the ordinary academic studies, without deduction of pay or allowances, to a professor, assistant professor, instructor, or other officer of the Academy.
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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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title36-section40301&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) Except as provided in [section 9492(b)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section9492/b/2&num=0&edition=prelim), 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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title36-section40302&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Use of Federally Provided Resources.—** In its status as a federally chartered nonprofit corporation, the Civil Air Patrol may use equipment, supplies, and other resources, including aircraft, motor vehicles, computers, and communications equipment, provided to the Civil Air Patrol by a department or agency of the Federal Government or acquired by or for the Civil Air Patrol with appropriated funds (or with funds of the Civil Air Patrol, but reimbursed from appropriated funds)—
(1) to provide assistance requested by State or local governmental authorities to perform disaster relief missions and activities, other emergency missions and activities, and nonemergency missions and activities; and
(2) to fulfill its other purposes set forth in [section 40302 of title 36](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title36-section40302&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Use Subject to Applicable Laws.—** The use of equipment, supplies, or other resources under subsection (a) is subject to the laws and regulations that govern the use by nonprofit corporations of federally provided assets or of assets purchased with appropriated funds, as the case may be.
**(c) Authority Not Contingent on Reimbursement.—** The authority for the Civil Air Patrol to provide assistance under subsection (a)(1) is not contingent on the Civil Air Patrol being reimbursed for the cost of providing the assistance. If the Civil Air Patrol elects to require reimbursement for the provision of assistance under such subsection, the Civil Air Patrol may establish the reimbursement rate at a rate less than the rates charged by private sector sources for equivalent services.
**(d) Liability Insurance.—** The Secretary of the Air Force may provide the Civil Air Patrol with funds for paying t
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TITLE 36—PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES,
AND ORGANIZATIONS
§ 40304
§ 40301. Organization
(a) FEDERAL CHARTER.—Civil Air Patrol (in
this chapter, the ‘‘corporation’’) is a federally
chartered corporation.
(b) PERPETUAL EXISTENCE.—Except as other-
wise provided, the corporation has perpetual ex-
istence.
(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1331.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
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Section
Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
40301(a) ......
36:201.
July 1, 1946, ch. 527, §§ 1, 5
(related to perpetual suc-
cession), 60 Stat. 346, 347.
40301(b) ......
36:205 (related to
perpetual succes-
sion).
This section is substituted for the source provisions
for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate ex-
ecuted and unnecessary words.
§ 40302. Purposes
The purposes of the corporation are as follows:
(1) To provide an organization to—
(A) encourage and aid citizens of the
United States in contributing their efforts,
services, and resources in developing avia-
tion and in maintaining air supremacy; and
(B) encourage and develop by example the
voluntary contribution of private citizens to
the public welfare.
(2) To provide aviation education and train-
ing especially to its senior and cadet members.
(3) To encourage and foster civil aviation in
local communities.
(4) To provide an organization of private
citizens with adequate facilities to assist in
meeting local and national emergencies.
(5) To assist the Department of the Air
Force in fulfilling its noncombat programs
and missions.
(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1331; Pub.
L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title X, § 1090(b)(1)], Oct.
30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–299.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised
Section
Source (U.S. Code)
So
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