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[CITE: 36USC50303]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
                 CHAPTER 503--DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
 
Sec. 50303. Membership

    (a) Eligibility.--An individual is eligible for membership in the 
corporation if the individual--
        (1)(A) was wounded, gassed, injured, or disabled in the line of 
    duty during time of war while in the service of the military or 
    naval forces of the United States; and
        (B) was honorably discharged or separated from that service or 
    is still in active service in the Armed Forces of the United States; 
    or
        (2)(A) was disabled while serving with any of the Armed Forces 
    of a country associated with the United States as an ally during any 
    of its war periods;
        (B) is a citizen of the United States; and
        (C) was honorably discharged.

    (b) No Honorary Memberships.--An honorary membership may not be 
granted.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1344.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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50303.................................  36:90e.                          June 1
7, 1932, ch. 268, Sec.  5, 47
                                                                          Stat.
 321; July 15, 1942, ch. 505,
                                                                          Sec. 
 3, 56 Stat. 660.
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    In subsection (a), before clause (1), the words ``An individual'' 
are substituted for ``Any man or woman'' and ``Others'' for consistency 
in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary words. In clause (1), 
the words ``either'' and ``of America'' are omitted as unnecessary. In 
clause (2)(B), the words ``citizen of the United States'' are 
substituted for ``American citizens'' for consistency in the revised 
title and with other titles of the United States Code.
