Title 36 — Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-73not60
§20502 Purposes
Title 36 › Subtitle Subtitle II— Patriotic and National Organizations › Part B— Organizations › Chapter 205— AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY › § 20502
Summary
The corporation must promote chemistry in all fields. Its goals are to encourage advancement and research; improve chemists’ ethics, skills, and education; spread chemical knowledge; and, through meetings and publications, support science, public welfare and education, industry, and people's material prosperity and happiness.
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Title 36, §20502
Patriotic and National Observances — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The purposes of the corporation are—
(1)to encourage in the broadest and most liberal manner the advancement of chemistry in all its branches;
(2)to promote research in chemical science and industry;
(3)to improve the qualifications and usefulness of chemists through high standards of professional ethics, education, and attainments;
(4)to increase and diffuse chemical knowledge; and
(5)by its meetings, professional contacts, reports, papers, discussions, and publications, to promote scientific interests and inquiry to foster public welfare and education, aid the development of our country’s industries, and add to the material prosperity and happiness of our people.
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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 2050236:3202.Aug. 25, 1937, ch. 762, § 2, 50 Stat. 798.
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36 U.S.C. § 20502
Title 36 — Patriotic and National Observances
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60