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title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 20302 - Purpose

## Text

The purpose of the corporation is to further the interests of literature and the fine arts.

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1286.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 2030236:4202.Apr. 17, 1916, ch. 77, § 2, 39 Stat. 51. The words “is to further” are substituted for “are and shall be the furtherance of” to eliminate unnecessary words.