Title 36, Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-102

§170102 Purposes

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

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Set up a national organization that protects the country's founding principles and helps people with spinal cord injuries. It must form an association for those injured, tell the public about the needs of paraplegics, and promote medical research in related areas like neurosurgery, orthopedics, genitourinary care, and medical devices. It must also support full reconditioning for paraplegics, including strong physical retraining, physiotherapy, safe walking instruction, vocational and educational guidance and training (in hospitals and schools), emotional counseling and family readjustment, and both practical and recreational 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

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102