
From the U.S. Code Online via GPO Access
[wais.access.gpo.gov]
[Laws in effect as of January 23, 2000]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 23, 2000 and December 4, 2001]
[CITE: 36USC21706]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
                    CHAPTER 217--THE AMERICAN LEGION
 
Sec. 21706. Political activities

    The corporation shall be nonpolitical and may not promote the 
candidacy of an individual seeking public office.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1298.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------
           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------
21706.................................  36:46.                           Sept. 
16, 1919, ch. 59, Sec.  6, 41
                                                                          Stat.
 285.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------

    The words ``as an organization'' are omitted as unnecessary.
