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[CITE: 36USC22503]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
                    CHAPTER 225--AMERICAN WAR MOTHERS
 
Sec. 22503. Membership

    Eligibility for membership in the corporation is limited to women--
        (1) who are citizens of the United States; and
        (2) whose natural son or daughter, legally adopted son or 
    daughter, or stepson or stepdaughter--
            (A) served in the Armed Forces of the United States or its 
        allies in World War I, World War II, the Korean conflict, or any 
        subsequent war or conflict involving the United States; and
            (B) was honorably discharged from that service or continues 
        in the service.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1304.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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22503.................................  36:97.                           Feb. 2
4, 1925, ch. 303, Sec.  7, 43
                                                                          Stat.
 968; Sept. 26, 1942, ch. 563, 56
                                                                          Stat.
 758; June 26, 1953, ch. 152, 67
                                                                          Stat.
 81; Apr. 12, 1974, Pub. L. 93-
                                                                          267, 
88 Stat. 85.
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    In clause (2), before subclause (A), the word ``natural'' is 
substituted for ``of her blood'' to eliminate unnecessary words. The 
words ``or sons'', ``or daughters'', ``or stepsons'', and ``or 
stepdaughters'' are omitted as unnecessary.
