Legal corpus: the complete U.S. Code (59,740 sections, all 53 titles)

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now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 ->
59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun,
verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make
legal-us-code default now covers every title.

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legal/us/code/title-36/chapter-215/section-21502.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "36 U.S.C. § 21502"
+description: "Purpose"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 36
+title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
+chapter_number: "215"
+chapter_name: "AMERICAN HOSPITAL OF PARIS"
+section: "21502"
+citation: "36 U.S.C. § 21502"
+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/s21502"
+source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-36/usc36.xml"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 36 U.S.C. § 21502 - Purpose
+
+## Text
+
+The purpose of the corporation is to maintain a hospital in the vicinity of Paris, France, to provide medical and surgical care to citizens of the United States.
+
+(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1295.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 2150236:4903 (words before 8th comma less “gratuitously or otherwise”).Jan. 30, 1913, ch. 21, § 3 (words before 8th comma less “gratuitously or otherwise”), 37 Stat. 654. The word “maintain” is substituted for “establish, maintain, and conduct” to eliminate executed and unnecessary words. The word “aid” is omitted as included in “care”.