Congress relocates nonprofit's legal home from D.C. to Illinois
H.R. 988 — 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. · Filed by Mike Bost (R-IL) · 3 cosponsors · Introduced Feb 5, 2025 · Passed chamber
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What it does
This bill moves the National Woman's Relief Corps—a congressionally chartered nonprofit organization—from Washington, D.C. to Illinois. It relocates the organization's legal incorporation, domicile, and principal office from D.C. to Murphysboro, Illinois, and updates service-of-process procedures to use Illinois's Secretary of State instead of D.C.'s Mayor. The organization itself benefits by establishing a new home state; no citizens are directly harmed or helped by this administrative relocation.
Why we flagged it
The bill is a straightforward amendment to a congressionally chartered nonprofit's legal domicile and office location. It contains no policy innovation, no appropriations, and no public-interest mechanism—only administrative relocation of an existing organization's legal status and procedural contacts.
Who it affects
This is a purely administrative relocation of a nonprofit organization's legal domicile and office location. Citizens are neither benefited nor harmed by the move itself—no public funds are transferred, no rights are restricted, and no services are affected.