Title 36 — Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-73

§170102 Purposes

Title 36 › Subtitle Subtitle II— - Patriotic and National Organizations › Part Part B— - Organizations › Chapter CHAPTER 1701— - PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA › § 170102

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Create a national organization to protect the Nation’s founding principles and to help people with spinal cord injuries or diseases. It must inform the public about paraplegics’ needs, support medical research on related care and devices, and promote full reconditioning programs like physical therapy, walking training, education, job help, counseling, and occupational therapy.

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Title 36, §170102

Patriotic and National Observances — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The purposes of the corporation are—

(1)to preserve the great and basic truths and enduring principles on which this Nation was founded;

(2)to form a national association for the benefit of individuals who have suffered injuries or diseases of the spinal cord;

(3)to acquaint the public with the needs and problems of paraplegics;

(4)to promote medical research in the several fields connected with injuries and diseases of the spinal cord, including research in neurosurgery and orthopedics and in genitourinary and orthopedic appliances; and

(5)to advocate and foster complete and effective reconditioning programs for paraplegics, including a thorough physical reconditioning program, physiotherapy, competent walking instructions, adequate guidance (both vocational and educational), academic and vocational education (both in hospitals and in educational institutions), psychological orientation and readjustment to family and friends, and occupational therapy (both functional and diversional).

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 17010236:1153.Aug. 11, 1971, Pub. L. 92–93, § 3, 85 Stat. 317. Before clause (1), the word “objects” is omitted as included in “purposes”.

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Citation

36 U.S.C. § 170102

Title 36 — Patriotic and National Observances

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73