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title: "36 U.S.C. § 151102"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "1511"
chapter_name: "NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 151102 - Purposes

## Text

The purposes of the corporation are—

(1) to elevate the character and advance the interests of the profession of teaching; and

(2) to promote the cause of education in the United States.

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1397.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 15110236:5302 (1st sentence).June 30, 1906, ch. 3929, § 2 (1st sentence), 34 Stat. 805. Before clause (1), the word “object” is omitted as included in “purposes”.