-CITE- 36 USC CHAPTER 215 - AMERICAN HOSPITAL OF PARIS 01/07/2011 -EXPCITE- TITLE 36 - PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS Subtitle II - Patriotic and National Organizations Part B - Organizations CHAPTER 215 - AMERICAN HOSPITAL OF PARIS -HEAD- CHAPTER 215 - AMERICAN HOSPITAL OF PARIS -MISC1- Sec. 21501. Organization. 21502. Purpose. 21503. Governing body. 21504. Acquisition and management of property. 21505. Charges for medical services. 21506. Principal office. 21507. Nonapplication of audit requirements. -End- -CITE- 36 USC Sec. 21501 01/07/2011 -EXPCITE- TITLE 36 - PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS Subtitle II - Patriotic and National Organizations Part B - Organizations CHAPTER 215 - AMERICAN HOSPITAL OF PARIS -HEAD- Sec. 21501. Organization -STATUTE- (a) Federal Charter. - American Hospital of Paris (in this chapter, the "corporation") is a federally chartered corporation. (b) Place of Incorporation. - The corporation is declared to be incorporated in the District of Columbia. (c) Perpetual Existence. - Except as otherwise provided, the corporation has perpetual existence. -SOURCE- (Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1295.) -MISC1- HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES -------------------------------------------------------------------- Revised Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) Section -------------------------------------------------------------------- 21501 36:4901. Jan. 30, 1913, ch. 21, Sec. 1, 37 Stat. 654. 36:4909. Jan. 30, 1913, ch. 21, Sec. 9, 37 Stat. 655; Sept. 19, 1962, Pub. L. 87-673, 76 Stat. 557; Oct. 1, 1965, Pub. L. 89-231, Sec. 2, 79 Stat. 901. -------------------------------------------------------------------- This section is substituted for the source provisions for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate executed and unnecessary words. -End- -CITE- 36 USC Sec. 21502 01/07/2011 -EXPCITE- TITLE 36 - PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS Subtitle II - Patriotic and National Organizations Part B - Organizations CHAPTER 215 - AMERICAN HOSPITAL OF PARIS -HEAD- Sec. 21502. Purpose -STATUTE- The purpose of the corporation is to maintain a hospital in the vicinity of Paris, France, to provide medical and surgical care to citizens of the United States. -SOURCE- (Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1295.) -MISC1- HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES -------------------------------------------------------------------- Revised Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) Section -------------------------------------------------------------------- 21502 36:4903 (words Jan. 30, 1913, ch. 21, Sec. before 8th comma 3 (words before 8th comma less "gratuitously less "gratuitously or or otherwise"). otherwise"), 37 Stat. 654. -------------------------------------------------------------------- The word "maintain" is substituted for "establish, maintain, and conduct" to eliminate executed and unnecessary words. The word "aid" is omitted as included in "care". -End- -CITE- 36 USC Sec. 21503 01/07/2011 -EXPCITE- TITLE 36 - PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS Subtitle II - Patriotic and National Organizations Part B - Organizations CHAPTER 215 - AMERICAN HOSPITAL OF PARIS -HEAD- Sec. 21503. Governing body -STATUTE- (a) General. - (1) The board of governors is the governing body of the corporation. (2) The board shall have at least 12 governors, divided into 3 classes of equal numbers. One class of governors shall be elected each year for a term of 3 years or until their successors are elected. The corporation shall elect the governors at its annual meeting. (b) Quorum. - Five governors are a quorum for the transaction of business, except that a majority vote of the board is required for - (1) the sale or alienation of any real or personal estate of the corporation; or (2) the leasing of real estate of the corporation for a term of more than one year. (c) Powers. - The board may - (1) adopt and amend bylaws, as may be necessary and proper, related to - (A) elections and meetings; (B) qualifications and duties of governors and officers; (C) admission and qualifications of members; and (D) management and disposition of the property, business, and concerns of the corporation; (2) conduct all business of the corporation; (3) fill, until the next annual election, a vacancy on the board; and (4) appoint attending and resident physicians and surgeons, agents, assistants, and attendants as may be necessary, set their compensation, and discharge them. -SOURCE- (Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1295.) -MISC1- HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES -------------------------------------------------------------------- Revised Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) Section -------------------------------------------------------------------- 21503(a) 36:4904 (1st Jan. 30, 1913, ch. 21, Secs. sentence). 4 (1st sentence), 6, 37 Stat. 655; Apr. 12, 1974, Pub. L. 93-266, 88 Stat. 85. 36:4905. Jan. 30, 1913, ch. 21, Secs. 5, 7, 8, 37 Stat. 655. 36:4906. 21503(b) 36:4908. 21503(c) 36:4907. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Subsection (a) is substituted for the source provisions for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary and obsolete language. In subsection (c)(1), before clause (A), the words "and not contrary to law" are omitted as unnecessary. In subsection (c)(2), the words "and manage" and "and concerns" are omitted as unnecessary. In subsection (c)(3), the words "occasioned by death, resignation, or otherwise" are omitted as unnecessary. -End- -CITE- 36 USC Sec. 21504 01/07/2011 -EXPCITE- TITLE 36 - PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS Subtitle II - Patriotic and National Organizations Part B - Organizations CHAPTER 215 - AMERICAN HOSPITAL OF PARIS -HEAD- Sec. 21504. Acquisition and management of property -STATUTE- The corporation may acquire, own, lease, encumber, and transfer property, in the United States and France, to carry out the purposes of the corporation. -SOURCE- (Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1296.) -MISC1- HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES -------------------------------------------------------------------- Revised Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) Section -------------------------------------------------------------------- 21504 36:4902. Jan. 30, 1913, ch. 21, Sec. 2, 37 Stat. 654; June 14, 1929, ch. 23, 46 Stat. 11; Oct. 1, 1965, Pub. L. 89-231, Sec. 1, 79 Stat. 901. -------------------------------------------------------------------- The words "may acquire, own, lease, encumber, and transfer" are substituted for "is authorized to take by purchase, gift, grant, devise, and bequest, and to hold, mortgage, lease, transfer, and convey" for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary words. The words "real and personal" are omitted as unnecessary. The words "to carry out the purpose of the corporation" are substituted for "for the purposes of the said corporation" and "as may be deemed necessary for the wants or development of the corporation or any of them" for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary words. -End- -CITE- 36 USC Sec. 21505 01/07/2011 -EXPCITE- TITLE 36 - PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS Subtitle II - Patriotic and National Organizations Part B - Organizations CHAPTER 215 - AMERICAN HOSPITAL OF PARIS -HEAD- Sec. 21505. Charges for medical services -STATUTE- The corporation may charge a reasonable compensation for providing medical and surgical services or may provide those services without charge. Amounts received under this section shall be used to carry out the purposes of the corporation. -SOURCE- (Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1296.) -MISC1- HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES -------------------------------------------------------------------- Revised Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) Section -------------------------------------------------------------------- 21505 36:4903 Jan. 30, 1913, ch. 21, Sec. ("gratuitously or 3 ("gratuitously or otherwise" and otherwise" and words after words after 8th 8th comma), 37 Stat. 654. comma). -------------------------------------------------------------------- The words "may charge" are substituted for "it shall be lawful for the said corporation to demand and receive" to eliminate unnecessary words. The words "medical and surgical services" are substituted for "such care, sustenance, professional treatment, and other services" to eliminate unnecessary words. The words "to carry out the purposes of the corporation" are substituted for "be applied to the uses and benefits of the said corporation" for consistency. -End- -CITE- 36 USC Sec. 21506 01/07/2011 -EXPCITE- TITLE 36 - PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS Subtitle II - Patriotic and National Organizations Part B - Organizations CHAPTER 215 - AMERICAN HOSPITAL OF PARIS -HEAD- Sec. 21506. Principal office -STATUTE- The principal office of the corporation shall be in the District of Columbia. However, offices may be maintained and meetings of the board of governors and committees may be held elsewhere. -SOURCE- (Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1296.) -MISC1- HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES -------------------------------------------------------------------- Revised Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) Section -------------------------------------------------------------------- 21506 36:4904 (last Jan. 30, 1913, ch. 21, Sec. sentence). 4 (last sentence), 37 Stat. 655. -------------------------------------------------------------------- -End- -CITE- 36 USC Sec. 21507 01/07/2011 -EXPCITE- TITLE 36 - PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS Subtitle II - Patriotic and National Organizations Part B - Organizations CHAPTER 215 - AMERICAN HOSPITAL OF PARIS -HEAD- Sec. 21507. Nonapplication of audit requirements -STATUTE- The audit requirements of section 10101 of this title do not apply to the corporation. -SOURCE- (Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1296.) -MISC1- HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES -------------------------------------------------------------------- Revised Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) Section -------------------------------------------------------------------- 21507 (no source). -------------------------------------------------------------------- The section is added to except the American Hospital of Paris from the application of section 10101 of the revised title, restating 36:1101-1103, which imposes audit requirements on certain federally chartered corporations. The Hospital is not included in the list of corporations set out in 36:1101 to which the audit requirements apply. -End-