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legal/us/code/title-36/chapter-1505/section-150503.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "36 U.S.C. § 150503"
+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: "1505"
+chapter_name: "NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE SOCIETIES, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA"
+section: "150503"
+citation: "36 U.S.C. § 150503"
+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/s150503"
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+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 36 U.S.C. § 150503 - Purposes
+
+## Text
+
+The purposes of the corporation are—
+
+(1) to promote friendly and cooperative relations between the State and territorial societies in the District of Columbia;
+
+(2) to foster, participate in, and encourage educational, cultural, charitable, civic, and patriotic programs and activities in the District of Columbia and surrounding communities; and
+
+(3) to act as contact agent with States for carrying out State and national programs.
+
+(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1389.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 15050336:402.Apr. 3, 1952, ch. 131, § 2, 66 Stat. 38. In clause (1), the word “various” is omitted as unnecessary.