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[CITE: 36USC140503]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
CHAPTER 1405--MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART OF THE UNITED STATES OF 
                          AMERICA, INCORPORATED
 
Sec. 140503. Membership

    (a) Active Members.--An individual is eligible for active membership 
in the corporation if the individual--
        (1) is of good moral character; and
        (2) has received the Purple Heart for wounds received as a 
    member, of any rank, of the Armed Forces of the United States or any 
    foreign country during military or naval combat against an armed 
    enemy of the United States.

    (b) Associate Members.--The corporation may extend eligibility for 
membership as associate members to parents and lineal descendants of an 
individual described in subsection (a) of this section on terms provided 
in its constitution and bylaws.
    (c) Voting.--Each member described in subsection (a) of this section 
has one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of the 
members.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1382.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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140503................................  36:826.                          Aug. 2
6, 1958, Pub. L. 85-761, Sec.  6,
                                                                          72 St
at. 857.
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    In this section, the text of 36:826(d) is omitted as obsolete.
    In subsection (a), the words ``has received'' are substituted for 
``who have received or who may hereafter receive'', and the words ``as a 
member'' are substituted for ``are, have been, or may become members'', 
for clarity and to eliminate unnecessary words.
    In subsection (b), the word ``may'' is substituted for ``shall have 
the power, moreover, to'' for consistency and to eliminate unnecessary 
words.
