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Title 36 — Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-73not60

§22707 Restrictions

Title 36 › Subtitle Subtitle II— Patriotic and National Organizations › Part B— Organizations › Chapter 227— AMVETS (AMERICAN VETERANS) › § 22707

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The organization must be a nonprofit. It can only work for charity, education, patriotic activities, or community improvement. It cannot sell stock or pay out profits to owners. The group and its officers, acting in their official roles, may not give money or help to political parties or candidates, and it may not run political propaganda. Its money or property cannot be given to directors, officers, or members unless the organization closes and its assets are finally distributed. The group may not loan money to a director or officer, and any directors who approve such a loan and officers who take part are each responsible, together and separately, to repay the full amount until it is paid back.

Full Legal Text

Title 36, §22707

Patriotic and National Observances — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The corporation shall operate as a not-for-profit corporation, exclusively for charitable, educational, patriotic, and civic improvement purposes.
(b)The corporation may not issue stock or declare or pay a dividend.
(c)The corporation or an officer of the corporation or member of its executive committee as such may not contribute to, support, or assist a political party or candidate for elective public office. The corporation may not carry on propaganda.
(d)The income or assets of the corporation may not inure to the benefit of, or be distributed to, a director, officer, or member of the corporation, except on dissolution or final liquidation of the corporation.
(e)The corporation may not make a loan or advance to a director or officer. Directors who vote for or assent to making a loan or advance to a director or officer, and officers who participate in making the loan or advance, are jointly and severally liable to the corporation for the amount of the loan or advance until it is repaid.

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 22707(a)36:67b(11) (1st–8th words and words after semicolon).July 23, 1947, ch. 298, §§ 3(11), 5(1), (2), 15, 16, 61 Stat. 405, 406, 408. 22707(b)36:67n. 22707(c)36:67d(1), (2). 22707(d)36:67b(11) (9th word through semicolon). 22707(e)36:67o. In subsection (b), the words “shares of” are omitted as unnecessary. In subsection (e), the words “or advance” are added in 2 places for consistency in the subsection.

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Citation

36 U.S.C. § 22707

Title 36 — Patriotic and National Observances

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60