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[CITE: 36USC21003]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
           CHAPTER 210--AMERICAN GI FORUM OF THE UNITED STATES
 
Sec. 21003. Purposes

    (a) General.--The purposes of the corporation are as provided in its 
bylaws and articles of incorporation and include--
        (1) securing the blessing of American democracy at every level 
    of local, State, and national life for all United States citizens;
        (2) upholding and defending the Constitution and the United 
    States flag;
        (3) fostering and perpetuating the principles of American 
    democracy based on religious and political freedom for the 
    individual and equal opportunity for all;
        (4) fostering and enlarging equal educational opportunities, 
    equal economic opportunities, equal justice under the law, and equal 
    political opportunities for all United States citizens, regardless 
    of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin;
        (5) encouraging greater participation of the ethnic minority 
    represented by the corporation in the policy-making and 
    administrative activities of all departments, agencies, and other 
    governmental units of local and State governments and the United 
    States Government;
        (6) combating all practices of a prejudicial or discriminatory 
    nature in local, State, or national life which curtail, hinder, or 
    deny to any United States citizen an equal opportunity to develop 
    full potential as an individual; and
        (7) fostering and promoting the broader knowledge and 
    appreciation by all United States citizens of their cultural 
    heritage and language.

    (b) Corporate Function.--The corporation shall function as an 
educational, patriotic, civic, historical, and research organization 
under the laws of Texas.

(Added Pub. L. 105-354, Sec. 1(5)(A), Nov. 3, 1998, 112 Stat. 3242.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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21003(a)..............................  36 App.:5903.                    Aug. 1
3, 1998, Pub. L. 105-231, Secs.
                                                                          3, 8(
f), 112 Stat. 1530, 1531.
21003(b)..............................  36 App.:5908(f).
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    In clause (5), the words ``United States Government'' are 
substituted for ``Federal Government'' for consistency in the revised 
title.
