U.S Code last checked for updates: Oct 17, 2024
§ 2297h–3.
Establishment of private corporation
(a)
Incorporation
(1)
The directors of the Corporation shall establish a private for-profit corporation under the laws of a State for the purpose of receiving the assets and obligations of the Corporation at privatization and continuing the business operations of the Corporation following privatization.
(2)
The directors of the Corporation may serve as incorporators of the private corporation and shall take all steps necessary to establish the private corporation, including the filing of articles of incorporation consistent with the provisions of this subchapter.
(3)
Employees and officers of the Corporation (including members of the Board of Directors) acting in accordance with this section on behalf of the private corporation shall be deemed to be acting in their official capacities as employees or officers of the Corporation for purposes of section 205 of title 18.
(b)
Status of private corporation
(1)
The private corporation shall not be an agency, instrumentality, or establishment of the United States, a Government corporation, or a Government-controlled corporation.
(2)
Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, financial obligations of the private corporation shall not be obligations of, or guaranteed as to principal or interest by, the Corporation or the United States, and the obligations shall so plainly state.
(3)
No action under section 1491 of title 28 shall be allowable against the United States based on actions of the private corporation.
(c)
Application of post-Government employment restrictions
(d)
Dissolution
(Pub. L. 104–134, title III, § 3105, Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321–337.)
cite as: 42 USC 2297h-3