Official Summaries

This bill moves the National Woman's Relief Corps' place of incorporation and domicile from the District of Columbia to Illinois and moves its principal office in Illinois from Springfield to Murphysboro.

The National Woman's Relief Corps is a federally chartered corporation whose purposes include (1) perpetuating the memory of the Grand Army of the Republic and those who saved the Union during the Civil War; (2) preserving, and making available for research, documents and records pertaining to the Grand Army of the Republic and its members; and (3) honoring those who have patriotically served the United States in any war.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 988 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 988


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 3, 2026

  Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 AN ACT


 
      To amend title 36, United States Code, to move the place of 
  incorporation and domicile of the National Woman's Relief Corps to 
 Illinois, to move the principal office of such Corps to Murphysboro, 
                   Illinois, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. MOVING NATIONAL WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS INCORPORATION AND 
              DOMICILE TO ILLINOIS; PRINCIPAL OFFICE TO MURPHYSBORO, 
              ILLINOIS.

    (a) Place of Incorporation and Domicile.--Section 153701(b) of 
title 36, United States Code, is amended by striking ``the District of 
Columbia'' and inserting ``Illinois''.
    (b) Principal Office.--Section 153708 of title 36, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ``Springfield'' each place it appears and 
inserting ``Murphysboro''.
    (c) Service of Process.--Section 153710 of title 36, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``designated agent in the District of 
        Columbia'' and inserting ``designated agent in Illinois''; and
            (2) by striking ``Mayor of the District of Columbia or 
        another office designated by the Mayor'' and inserting 
        ``Secretary of State of Illinois or another office as 
        designated by Illinois law''.

            Passed the House of Representatives February 2, 2026.

            Attest:

                                             KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

                                                                 Clerk.