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type: "LegalText"
title: "36 U.S.C. § 150702"
description: "Purposes"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "1507"
chapter_name: "NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CITIZENSHIP"
section: "150702"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 150702"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 150702 - Purposes

## Text

The purposes of the corporation are—

(1) to hold an annual national conference on citizenship on or about “Citizenship Day”, September 17;

(2) to assist in the development of more dynamic procedures for making citizenship more effective, including the promotion and encouragement of local, State, and regional citizenship conferences; and

(3) to indicate the ways and means by which various organizations may contribute concretely to the development of a more active, alert, enlightened, conscientious, and progressive citizenry in our country.

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1392.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 15070236:433.Aug. 13, 1953, ch. 427, § 3, 67 Stat. 562.