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title: "36 U.S.C. § 190102"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "1901"
chapter_name: "RESERVE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES"
section: "190102"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 190102"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 190102 - Purposes

## Text

The purposes of the corporation are to support and promote the development and execution of a military policy for the United States that will provide adequate national security.

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1447.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 19010236:223.June 30, 1950, ch. 431, § 3, 64 Stat. 313. The word “object” is omitted as unnecessary.