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Title 36 — Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-73not60

§130306 Restrictions

Title 36 › Subtitle Subtitle II— Patriotic and National Organizations › Part B— Organizations › Chapter 1303— LEGION OF VALOR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, INCORPORATED › § 130306

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Do not issue stock, pay dividends, or give money or other help to political parties or candidates. Directors, officers, or members cannot get the corporation’s income or assets except when the corporation is being dissolved and finally wound up; an officer can be paid if the executive committee approves. The corporation cannot lend money to its directors, officers, or employees. Anyone who approves or makes such a loan is personally responsible for the loan amount until it is repaid.

Full Legal Text

Title 36, §130306

Patriotic and National Observances — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The corporation may not issue stock or declare or pay a dividend.
(b)The corporation or a director or officer as such may not contribute to, support, or assist a political party or candidate for public office.
(c)The income or assets of the corporation may not inure to the benefit of, or be distributed to, a director, officer, or member except on dissolution or final liquidation of the corporation. This subsection does not prevent the payment of compensation to an officer in an amount approved by the executive committee of the corporation.
(d)The corporation may not make a loan to a director, officer, or employee. Directors who vote for or assent to making a loan to a director, officer, or employee, and officers who participate in making the loan, are jointly and severally liable to the corporation for the amount of the loan until it is repaid.

Legislative History

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 130306(a)36:642.Aug. 4, 1955, ch. 546, §§ 9, 10, 12, 69 Stat. 489. 130306(b)36:640. 130306(c)36:639(a). 130306(d)36:639(b). In subsection (a), the words “any shares of” are omitted as unnecessary. In subsection (b), the words “or otherwise” are omitted as unnecessary. In subsection (c), the words “inure to the benefit of” are substituted for “inure to” for consistency in the revised title. The words “as provided in section 645 of this title” are omitted as unnecessary. The words “This subsection does not prevent” are substituted for “Nothing in this subsection, however, shall be construed to prevent” for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary words. The reference to the “executive committee of the corporation” is retained although 36:637 and 36:638 do not create an executive committee.

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36 U.S.C. § 130306

Title 36 — Patriotic and National Observances

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60