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[CITE: 36USC230103]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
       CHAPTER 2301--VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES
 
Sec. 230103. Membership

    An individual is eligible for membership in the corporation only if 
the individual served honorably as a member of the Armed Forces of the 
United States--
        (1) in a foreign war, insurrection, or expedition in service 
    that--
            (A) has been recognized as campaign-medal service; and
            (B) is governed by the authorization of the award of a 
        campaign badge by the United States Government; or

        (2) on the Korean peninsula or in its territorial waters for at 
    least 30 consecutive days, or a total of 60 days, after June 30, 
    1949.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1481.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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230103................................  36:115.                          May 28
, 1936, ch. 471, Sec.  5, 49
                                                                          Stat.
 1391; May 29, 1953, ch. 85, Sec.
                                                                           2, 6
7 Stat. 40; Mar. 7, 1995, Pub. L.
                                                                          104-3
, 109 Stat. 47.
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    The words ``is eligible for membership . . . only if'' are 
substituted for ``may not be a member . . . unless'' for consistency in 
the revised title. The words ``served honorably as a member of the armed 
forces of the United States'' are substituted for ``served honorably as 
a member of the Armed Forces of the United States'' and ``while a member 
of the Armed Forces of the United States, served honorably'' to 
eliminate unnecessary words. In clause (2), the words ``at least'' are 
substituted for ``not less than'' for consistency in the revised title.
