§ 9491. Status as federally chartered corporation; purposes

• (a)
  • (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.
• (b) The purposes of the Civil Air Patrol are set forth in section 40302 of title 36 .