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[CITE: 36USC21902]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
         CHAPTER 219--THE AMERICAN NATIONAL THEATER AND ACADEMY
 
Sec. 21902. Purposes

    The purposes of the corporation include--
        (1) the presentation of theatrical productions of the highest 
    type;
        (2) the stimulation of public interest in the drama as an art 
    belonging both to the theater and to literature and to be enjoyed 
    both on the stage and in the study;
        (3) the advancement of interest in the drama throughout the 
    United States by furthering the production of the best plays, 
    interpreted by the best actors at a minimum cost;
        (4) the further development of the study of drama of the present 
    and past in our universities, colleges, schools, and elsewhere; and
        (5) the sponsoring, encouraging, and developing of the art and 
    technique of the theater through a school within the National 
    Academy.

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

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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21902.................................  36:3302 (last sentence).         July 5
, 1935, ch. 373, Sec.  2 (last
                                                                          sente
nce), 49 Stat. 458.
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    Before clause (1), the word ``include'' is substituted for ``shall 
embrace'' for consistency in the revised title.
    In clause (3), the words ``of America'' are omitted as unnecessary.
