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[CITE: 36USC22704]

 
     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. 22704. Governing body

    (a) Delegates to National Conventions.--Each post may elect 
delegates to national conventions of the corporation. The delegates each 
have one vote in the conduct of business of the convention to which they 
are elected.
    (b) Executive Committee.--The executive committee of the corporation 
consists of--
        (1) one member elected to represent each department; and
        (2) the officers of the corporation as ex officio members.

    (c) Officers.--(1) The officers of the corporation are a national 
commander, seven national vice commanders, one of whom shall be a woman, 
a finance officer, an adjutant, a judge advocate, and a provost marshal.
    (2) The officers shall be elected by the delegates at the annual 
national convention.
    (d) Nondiscrimination.--The requirements for holding office in the 
corporation 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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22704(a)..............................  36:67f(1) (last sentence).       July 2
3, 1947, ch. 298, Secs.  5(3),
                                                                          7(1) 
(last sentence), (2), 13, 61
                                                                          Stat.
 406, 407, 408.
22704(b)..............................  36:67d(3).
                                        36:67f(2).
22704(c)..............................  36:67l.
22704(d)..............................  36:67e (words after 3d comma     July 2
3, 1947, ch. 298, Sec.  6 (words
                                         related to discrimination in     after
 3d comma related to
                                         holding office).                 discr
imination in holding office), 61
                                                                          Stat.
 407; Dec. 28, 1950, ch. 1178, 64
                                                                          Stat.
 1122; July 26, 1955, ch. 383, 69
                                                                          Stat.
 375; Sept. 14, 1966, Pub. L. 89-
                                                                          576, 
80 Stat. 772; Aug. 15, 1977, Pub.
                                                                          L. 95
-98, Sec.  1(b)(2), 91 Stat. 830;
                                                                          May 3
1, 1984, Pub. L. 98-304, 98 Stat.
                                                                          220.
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    In subsection (b), the text of 36:67d(3) is omitted as obsolete.
    In subsection (c), the words ``each official delegate casting one 
vote'' are omitted as unnecessary because of subsection (a) of this 
section.
