This part changes who can join the group. It cuts the old rules on that. The new rule says the group's own bylaws set who can join. The bylaws also set what a member gets.
The document says “is amended”Who acts: Foundation of the Federal Bar AssociationHow: statuteSec. 3 in the PDF
What the document says
“``(a) Eligibility.--Except as provided in this chapter, eligibility for membership in the corporation and the rights and privileges of members are as provided in the bylaws.''”
The section amends section 70503 of title 36, United States Code, by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the subsection quoted here. In the inserted words, eligibility for membership in the corporation, and the rights and privileges of members, are as provided in the bylaws, except as provided in the chapter. The bylaws are the corporation's own document and are not part of this Act.
What the document actually says
“``(a) Eligibility.--Except as provided in this chapter, eligibility for membership in the corporation and the rights and privileges of members are as provided in the bylaws.''”
That sentence, in plain words
The group's own rules say who can join. They also say what a member may do. The law itself no longer sets that. But other rules in this chapter still hold.
What this is about
Bylaws are the rules a group writes for itself. The group can change them on its own. It does not need to ask Congress.
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The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 3 in the PDF
What the document says
“by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b).”
The second amendment instruction in the section reletters subsection (c) of section 70503 of title 36, United States Code, as subsection (b). The Act does not reproduce that subsection's text, so this record does not describe it.
What the document actually says
“by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b).”
That sentence, in plain words
One part of the old law keeps its words. But it gets a new letter as its label.
What this is about
Parts of a law are labeled with letters. When one part is cut, the next moves up. That is all that happens here.
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Foundation of the Federal Bar Association Charter Amendments Act of 2025, Public Law 119-57, sec. 3, 139 Stat. 711 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ57/html/PLAW-119publ57.htm
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“Membership,” Foundation of the Federal Bar Association Charter Amendments Act of 2025, section 3. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/foundation-the-federal-bar-association-charter/section-3/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).
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What This Page Covers, and What It Leaves Out
Both amendment instructions: the subsection on eligibility that this Act inserts, quoted from the words this Act itself contains, and the redesignation that follows it.
Nothing in the section is left out.
The section amends section 70503 of title 36, United States Code, which is not indexed here. The struck subsections are not described, because their text is in the older statute and not in this Act. The inserted subsection points to the corporation's bylaws, which are not a public law and are not indexed here either.
