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legal/us/code/title-36/chapter-1407/section-140703.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "36 U.S.C. § 140703"
+description: "Purposes"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 36
+title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
+chapter_number: "1407"
+chapter_name: "MILITARY ORDER OF THE WORLD WARS"
+section: "140703"
+citation: "36 U.S.C. § 140703"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc36@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t36/s140703"
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+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 36 U.S.C. § 140703 - Purposes
+
+## Text
+
+The purposes of the corporation are as provided in the articles of incorporation and bylaws and include—
+
+(1) promoting military service associations;
+
+(2) promoting patriotic education and military, naval, and air science;
+
+(3) defending the honor and integrity of the United States Government and the Constitution;
+
+(4) fostering fraternal relations among all branches of the Armed Forces;
+
+(5) encouraging the adoption of a suitable policy of national security; and
+
+(6) encouraging the commemoration of military service and the establishment of war memorials.
+
+(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1384.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 14070336:5003.Oct. 23, 1992, Pub. L. 102–484, title XVIII, § 1803, 106 Stat. 2582. The word “objects” is omitted as unnecessary.