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Code · U.S. Code · Title 36 - PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS · CHAPTER 705— THE FOUNDATION OF THE FEDERAL BAR ASSOCIATION · § 70504

§ 70504. Governing body

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(a)Board of Directors.— The board of directors is the governing body of the corporation. The board may exercise, or provide for the exercise of, the powers of the corporation. The board of directors and the responsibilities of the board are as provided in the bylaws.
(b)Officers.— The officers and the election of the officers are as provided for in the bylaws.
(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1352; Pub. L. 119–57, § 4, Dec. 12, 2025, 139 Stat. 711.)
In subsection (a), the names of the directors for 1954 and the language about their initial terms are omitted as obsolete. In paragraph (2), the words “caused by expiration of the members’ terms or otherwise” are omitted as unnecessary.
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