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[CITE: 36USC22703]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
   CHAPTER 227--AMVETS (AMERICAN VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II, KOREA, AND 
                                VIETNAM)
 
Sec. 22703. Membership

    (a) Eligibility.--Except as provided in this chapter, eligibility 
for membership in the corporation and the rights and privileges of 
members are as provided in the constitution and bylaws of the 
corporation.
    (b) Voting.--Each member has one vote in the conduct of official 
business at the post level.
    (c) Nondiscrimination.--The terms of membership may not discriminate 
on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1307.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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22703(a)..............................  36:67e (words before 3d comma).  July 2
3, 1947, ch. 298, Sec.  6 (words
                                                                          befor
e 3d comma, words after 3d comma
                                                                          relat
ed to discrimination in
                                                                          membe
rship), 61 Stat. 407; Dec. 28,
                                                                          1950,
 ch. 1178, 64 Stat. 1122; July
                                                                          26, 1
955, ch. 383, 69 Stat. 375; Sept.
                                                                          14, 1
966, Pub. L. 89-576, 80 Stat.
                                                                          772; 
Aug. 15, 1977, Pub. L. 95-98,
                                                                          Sec. 
 1(b)(2), 91 Stat. 830; May 31,
                                                                          1984,
 Pub. L. 98-304, 98 Stat. 220.
22703(b)..............................  36:67f(1) (1st sentence).        July 2
3, 1947, ch. 298, Sec.  7(1) (1st
                                                                          sente
nce), 61 Stat. 407.
22703(c)..............................  36:67e (words after 3d comma
                                         related to discrimination in
                                         membership).
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    In subsection (b), the words ``the right to'' are omitted as 
unnecessary.
