Title 36 — Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-73not60
§30302 Purposes
Title 36 › Subtitle Subtitle II— Patriotic and National Organizations › Part B— Organizations › Chapter 303— BLINDED VETERANS ASSOCIATION › § 30302
Summary
The corporation must be a nonprofit that helps blinded veterans by improving their welfare, building fellowship so they support one another, and supporting American freedom and loyalty to the U.S. Constitution and state laws.
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Title 36, §30302
Patriotic and National Observances — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The purposes of the corporation are—
(1)to operate as a not-for-profit corporation exclusively for charitable, educational, patriotic, and civic improvement purposes;
(2)to promote the welfare of blinded veterans so that, notwithstanding their disabilities, they may take their rightful place in the community and work with their fellow citizens toward the creation of a peaceful world;
(3)to preserve and strengthen a spirit of fellowship among blinded veterans so that they may give mutual aid and assistance to one another; and
(4)to maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom and to encourage loyalty to the Constitution and laws of the United States and of the States in which they reside.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 3030236:853(1)–(3), (4) (less words between 1st comma and semicolon).Aug. 27, 1958, Pub. L. 85–769, § 3(1)–(3), (4) (less words between 1st comma and semicolon), 72 Stat. 924. In clause (1), the words “to operate as a not-for-profit corporation” are substituted for “To be organized and operated as a corporation not for profit . . . and such corporation is organized and shall be operated” in 36:853(4) to eliminate unnecessary words.
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36 U.S.C. § 30302
Title 36 — Patriotic and National Observances
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60