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[CITE: 36USC170102]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
               CHAPTER 1701--PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA
 
Sec. 170102. Purposes

    The purposes of the corporation are--
        (1) to preserve the great and basic truths and enduring 
    principles on which this Nation was founded;
        (2) to form a national association for the benefit of 
    individuals who have suffered injuries or diseases of the spinal 
    cord;
        (3) to acquaint the public with the needs and problems of 
    paraplegics;
        (4) to promote medical research in the several fields connected 
    with injuries and diseases of the spinal cord, including research in 
    neurosurgery and orthopedics and in genitourinary and orthopedic 
    appliances; and
        (5) to advocate and foster complete and effective reconditioning 
    programs for paraplegics, including a thorough physical 
    reconditioning program, physiotherapy, competent walking 
    instructions, adequate guidance (both vocational and educational), 
    academic and vocational education (both in hospitals and in 
    educational institutions), psychological orientation and 
    readjustment to family and friends, and occupational therapy (both 
    functional and diversional).

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1439.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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170102................................  36:1153.                         Aug. 1
1, 1971, Pub. L. 92-93, Sec.  3,
                                                                          85 St
at. 317.
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    Before clause (1), the word ``objects'' is omitted as included in 
``purposes''.
