USC Chapter 205

in effect

36 U.S.C. § 20501 Organization

American Chemical Society (in this chapter, the “corporation”) is a federally chartered corporation.

36 U.S.C. § 20502 Purposes

The purposes of the corporation are— (1) to encourage in the broadest and most liberal manner the advancement of chemistry in all its branches; (2) to promote research in chemical science and industry; (3) to improve the qualifications and usefulness of chemists through high standards of professional ethics, education, and attainments; (4) to increase and diffuse chemical knowledge; and (5) by its meetings, professional contacts, reports, papers, discussions, and publications, to promote scientific interests and inquiry to foster public welfare and education, aid the development of our country’s industries, and add to the material prosperity and happiness of our people.

36 U.S.C. § 20503 Powers

The corporation may— (1) adopt a constitution, bylaws, and regulations; (2) fill vacancies; (3) provide for the election of members and the division of those members into classes; (4) receive property, hold the property absolutely or in trust, invest and manage the property, and use the property and income arising from it to carry out the purposes of the corporation; and (5) do any other act necessary and proper to carry out the purposes of the corporation.

36 U.S.C. § 20504 Cooperation with the military

(a) Investigations, Examinations, Experiments, and Reports.—When requested by the Secretary of the Army, Air Force, or Navy, the corporation shall investigate, examine, experiment, and report on any subject in pure or applied chemistry connected with the national defense. (b) Payments.—The actual expense of those investigations, examinations, experiments, and reports shall be paid from amounts appropriated for those purposes, but the corporation may not receive compensation for any services performed for the United States Government. (c) Title and License.—Title to inventions and discoveries made in the course of those investigations, examinations, and experiments that the appropriate Secretary believes involve the national defense vest in the Government. The Government shall have unlimited license under other inventions and discoveries made in the course of those investigations, examinations, and experiments.

36 U.S.C. § 20505 Annual meeting

The corporation shall hold an annual meeting at a place in the United States as may from time to time be designated.

36 U.S.C. § 20506 Annual report

Not later than December 1 of each year, the corporation shall submit a report to Congress on the activities of the corporation during the prior calendar year, including a complete statement of its receipts and expenditures. The report may not be printed as a public document.