36 U.S.C. § 50302: Purposes

Summary

The corporation must be formed only for charitable and educational purposes. It has nine goals, including protecting the U.S. Constitution and American ideals, helping wounded, injured, and disabled American veterans, working with the Department of Veterans Affairs and other groups to improve veterans’ health and interests, building comradeship and community service, teaching the public and veterans about needs and benefits, and promoting understanding to help prevent future wars.

Title 36, §50302

Patriotic and National Observances, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The corporation is organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes. The purposes of the corporation shall include—

(1)to uphold and maintain the Constitution and laws of the United States;

(2)to realize the true American ideals and aims for which those eligible to membership fought;

(3)to advance the interests, and work for the betterment, of all wounded, injured, and disabled American veterans;

(4)to cooperate with the Department of Veterans Affairs and all other public and private agencies devoted to the cause of improving and advancing the condition, health, and interests of all wounded, injured, and disabled veterans;

(5)to stimulate a feeling of mutual devotion, helpfulness, and comradeship among all wounded, injured, and disabled veterans;

(6)to serve our comrades, our communities, and our country;

(7)to educate the public about the sacrifices and needs of disabled veterans;

(8)to educate disabled veterans about the benefits and resources available to them; and

(9)to encourage in all people that spirit of understanding which will guard against future wars.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 5030236:90c.June 17, 1932, ch. 268, § 3, 47 Stat. 320; July 15, 1942, ch. 505, § 2, 56 Stat. 660; June 13, 1991, Pub. L. 102–54, § 13(n)(2), 105 Stat. 278.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2016—Pub. L. 114–135, § 1(a)(1), substituted “The corporation is organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes. The purposes of the corporation shall include” for “The purposes of the corporation are” in introductory provisions. Pars. (7) to (9). Pub. L. 114–135, § 1(a)(2)–(4), added pars. (7) and (8) and redesignated former par. (7) as (9).

§50302 Purposes