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[CITE: 36USC23102]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
                   CHAPTER 231--AVIATION HALL OF FAME
 
Sec. 23102. Purposes

    The purposes of the corporation are--
        (1) to receive and maintain one or more funds and to use any 
    part of the principal and income only for charitable, scientific, 
    literary, or educational purposes, either directly or by 
    contributing to organizations authorized to carry on similar 
    activities;
        (2) to honor citizens, aviation leaders, pilots, teachers, 
    scientists, engineers, inventors, governmental leaders, and other 
    individuals who have helped to make this Nation great by their 
    outstanding contributions to the establishment, development, 
    advancement, or improvement of aviation in the United States;
        (3) to perpetuate the memory of those individuals and record 
    their contributions and achievements by the erection and maintenance 
    of buildings and monuments as may be appropriate as a lasting 
    memorial;
        (4) to promote a better sense of appreciation of the origins and 
    growth of aviation, especially in the United States, and the part 
    aviation has played in changing the economic, social, and scientific 
    aspects of our Nation;
        (5) to establish and maintain a library and museum for the 
    collection and preservation for posterity of the history of those 
    honored by the organization, together with a documentation of their 
    accomplishments and contributions to aviation, including items such 
    as aviation pictures, paintings, books, papers, documents, 
    scientific data, relics, mementos, artifacts, and other items 
    related to that history;
        (6) to cooperate with other recognized aviation organizations 
    actively engaged and interested in similar projects; and
        (7) to engage in any other activities appropriate to carry out 
    the purposes of the corporation.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1311.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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23102.................................  36:4303(1) (1st sentence words   July 1
4, 1964, Pub. L. 88-372, Sec.
                                         before 8th comma, last           3(1) 
(1st sentence words before 8th
                                         sentence), (2)-(7).              comma
, last sentence), (2)-(7), 78
                                                                          Stat.
 314, 315.
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    In clause (1), the words ``and apply the whole or'' and 
``therefrom'' are omitted as unnecessary. The text of 36:4303(1) (last 
sentence) is omitted as unnecessary.
    In clause (3), the words ``those individuals'' are substituted for 
``such persons'' for clarity. The word ``edifices'' is omitted as 
included in ``buildings''. The word ``deemed'' is omitted as 
unnecessary.
    In clause (4), the words ``foster'' and ``encourage'' are omitted as 
unnecessary.
    In clause (7), the words ``any other activities appropriate to carry 
out the purposes of the corporation'' are substituted for ``any and all 
activities incidental thereto or necessary, suitable, or proper for the 
accomplishment of any of the aforementioned purposes'' to eliminate 
unnecessary words.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 23106 of this title.
