(a) Status.—
(1)
The Civil Air Patrol is a nonprofit corporation that is federally chartered under section 40301 of title 36.
(2)
Except as provided in section 9492(b)(2) of this title, the Civil Air Patrol is not an instrumentality of the Federal Government for any purpose.
(Added Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title X, § 1090(a)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–295, § 9441; renumbered § 9491 and amended Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, §§ 806(a)(1), 809(a), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1832, 1840.)