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[CITE: 36USC230503]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
             CHAPTER 2305--VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA, INC.
 
Sec. 230503. Purposes

    The purposes of the corporation are as provided in its articles of 
incorporation, constitution, and bylaws and include a commitment--
        (1) to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States;
        (2) to foster improvement of the condition of Vietnam-era 
    veterans;
        (3) to promote the social welfare (including educational, 
    economic, social, physical, and cultural improvement) of Vietnam-era 
    veterans and other veterans in the United States by encouraging 
    their growth, development, readjustment, self-respect, self-
    confidence, and usefulness;
        (4) to improve conditions for Vietnam-era veterans and develop 
    channels of communication to assist Vietnam-era veterans;
        (5) to conduct and publish research, on a nonpartisan basis, 
    pertaining to--
            (A) the relationship between Vietnam-era veterans and 
        American society;
            (B) the Vietnam war experience;
            (C) the role of the United States in securing peaceful 
        coexistence for the world community; and
            (D) other matters that affect the educational, economic, 
        social, physical, or cultural welfare of Vietnam-era veterans, 
        other veterans, and their families;

        (6) to assist disabled Vietnam-era veterans and other veterans 
    in need of assistance and the dependents and survivors of those 
    veterans; and
        (7) to consecrate the efforts of the members of the corporation, 
    and Vietnam-era veterans generally, to mutual helpfulness and 
    service to their country.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1486.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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230503................................  36:3803.                         May 23
, 1986, Pub. L. 99-318, Sec.  3,
                                                                          100 S
tat. 474.
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    Before clause (1), the word ``objects'' is omitted as included in 
``purposes''.
