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legal/us/code/title-36/chapter-1523/section-152302.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "36 U.S.C. § 152302"
+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: "1523"
+chapter_name: "NATIONAL MUSIC COUNCIL"
+section: "152302"
+citation: "36 U.S.C. § 152302"
+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/s152302"
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+---
+
+# 36 U.S.C. § 152302 - Purposes
+
+## Text
+
+The purposes of the corporation are—
+
+(1) to provide the member organizations with a forum for the free discussion of problems affecting national musical life in this country;
+
+(2) to speak with one voice for music whenever an authoritative expression of opinion is desirable;
+
+(3) to provide for the interchange of information between the various member organizations;
+
+(4) to encourage the coordination of efforts of the member organizations, thereby avoiding duplication or conflict;
+
+(5) to organize exploratory surveys or fact-finding commissions whenever the corporation considers them necessary for the solution of important problems; and
+
+(6) to encourage the development and appreciation of the art of music and to foster the highest ethical standards in the musical professions and industries.
+
+(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1412.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 15230236:663.Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 824, § 3, 70 Stat. 795. Before clause (1), the word “objects” is omitted as unnecessary. In clause (5), the word “considers” is substituted for “shall deem” for consistency in the revised title.