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legal/us/code/title-36/chapter-1515/section-151503.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "36 U.S.C. § 151503"
+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: "1515"
+chapter_name: "NATIONAL FEDERATION OF MUSIC CLUBS"
+section: "151503"
+citation: "36 U.S.C. § 151503"
+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/s151503"
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+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 36 U.S.C. § 151503 - Purposes
+
+## Text
+
+(a) Specific Purposes.— The purposes of the corporation are as provided in the articles of incorporation and include—
+
+(1) bringing into working relations with one another, music clubs and other musical organizations and individuals associated with musical activity for the purpose of developing and maintaining high musical standards;
+
+(2) aiding and encouraging musical education; and
+
+(3) promoting American music and American artists throughout the United States and the world.
+
+(b) Patriotic, Civic, and Historical Organization.— The corporation shall function as a patriotic, civic, and historical organization as authorized by the laws of each State in which it is incorporated.
+
+(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1402.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 15150336:2003.Aug. 9, 1982, Pub. L. 97–231, § 3, 96 Stat. 256. In subsection (a), the words “objects”, “directly or indirectly”, and “of America” are omitted as unnecessary and for consistency in the revised title.