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[CITE: 36USC50302]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
                 CHAPTER 503--DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
 
Sec. 50302. Purposes

    The purposes of the corporation are--
        (1) to uphold and maintain the Constitution and laws of the 
    United States;
        (2) to realize the true American ideals and aims for which those 
    eligible to membership fought;
        (3) to advance the interests, and work for the betterment, of 
    all wounded, injured, and disabled American veterans;
        (4) to cooperate with the Department of Veterans Affairs and all 
    other public and private agencies devoted to the cause of improving 
    and advancing the condition, health, and interests of all wounded, 
    injured, and disabled veterans;
        (5) to stimulate a feeling of mutual devotion, helpfulness, and 
    comradeship among all wounded, injured, and disabled veterans;
        (6) to serve our comrades, our communities, and our country; and
        (7) to encourage in all people that spirit of understanding 
    which will guard against future wars.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1343.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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50302.................................  36:90c.                          June 1
7, 1932, ch. 268, Sec.  3, 47
                                                                          Stat.
 320; July 15, 1942, ch. 505,
                                                                          Sec. 
 2, 56 Stat. 660; June 13, 1991,
                                                                          Pub. 
L. 102-54, Sec.  13(n)(2), 105
                                                                          Stat.
 278.
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