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[CITE: 36USC100103]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
    CHAPTER 1001--ITALIAN AMERICAN WAR VETERANS OF THE UNITED STATES
 
Sec. 100103. Purposes

    The purposes of the corporation are as provided in the articles of 
incorporation and include--
        (1) giving patriotic allegiance to the United States, fidelity 
    to the Constitution and laws of the United States, and support to 
    the security of civil liberty and permanence of free institutions;
        (2) stimulating patriotism in the minds of Americans by 
    encouraging the study of the history of the United States;
        (3) ensuring the preservation and defense of the United States 
    from all enemies without reservation;
        (4) preserving the memories and records of patriotic service 
    performed by men and women who served in the Armed Forces, by 
    gathering, collating, editing, publishing, and exhibiting the 
    memorabilia, information, records, military awards, decorations, and 
    citations of those who served in the Armed Forces;
        (5) promoting peace, prosperity, and good will between the 
    peoples of the United States and Italy; and
        (6) functioning as a veterans' and patriotic organization as 
    authorized by the laws of each State in which it is incorporated.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1365.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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100103................................  36:1703.                         Nov. 2
0, 1981, Pub. L. 97-82, Sec.  3,
                                                                          95 St
at. 1091.
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    Before clause (1), the word ``objects'' is omitted as included in 
``purposes''.
