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title: "36 U.S.C. § 150503"
description: "Purposes"
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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"
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# 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.