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[CITE: 36USC40103]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
  CHAPTER 401--CATHOLIC WAR VETERANS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
                              INCORPORATED
 
Sec. 40103. Purposes

    The purposes of the corporation are as provided in the articles of 
incorporation and include a continuing commitment, on a national basis, 
to--
        (1) preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United 
    States and the laws of the States;
        (2) commemorate the wars, campaigns, and military actions of the 
    United States to reflect profound respect, high honor, and great 
    tribute on the glorious dead and the surviving veterans of those 
    wars, campaigns, and actions and to give all Americans a greater 
    understanding of and appreciation for the sacrifices of those who 
    participated in them for all Americans;
        (3) stimulate to the highest degree possible the interests of 
    the entire Nation in the problems of veterans, their widows, and 
    orphans;
        (4) cooperate to the fullest extent and in a harmonious manner 
    with all veterans' organizations in common projects designed to 
    serve the interests of all veterans of all wars in which the United 
    States has participated;
        (5) collate, preserve, and encourage the study of historical 
    episodes, chronicles, mementos, and events pertaining to the wars, 
    campaigns, and military actions of the United States;
        (6) inculcate an enduring love of country, a deep and abiding 
    sense of patriotism, and a profound commitment to Americanism among 
    all the people of the United States;
        (7) encourage, among the youth of our Nation, respect for our 
    national flag, our anthem, and the traditions of America;
        (8) preserve the freedoms of all the people, national peace, 
    prosperity, tranquility, good will, the permanence of free 
    institutions, and the defense of the United States;
        (9) foster the association of veterans of the Catholic faith who 
    have served in the Armed Forces of the United States;
        (10) encourage morality in government, labor, management, 
    economic, social, fraternal, and all other phases of American life;
        (11) promote the realization that the family is the basic unit 
    of society;
        (12) increase our love, honor, and service to God and to our 
    fellow man without regard to race, creed, color, or national origin; 
    and
        (13) function as a veterans' and patriotic organization as 
    authorized by the laws of the \1\ each State in which it is 
    incorporated.
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    \1\ So in original. The word ``the'' probably should not appear.
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(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1329.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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40103.................................  36:2603.                         Aug. 1
7, 1984, Pub. L. 98-382, Sec.  3,
                                                                          98 St
at. 1343.
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    Before clause (1), the word ``objects'' is omitted as included in 
``purposes''.
