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type: "LegalText"
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title: "36 U.S.C. § 230503"
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description: "Purposes"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 36
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title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
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chapter_number: "2305"
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chapter_name: "VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA, INC."
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section: "230503"
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citation: "36 U.S.C. § 230503"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 230503 - Purposes
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## Text
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The purposes of the corporation are as provided in its articles of incorporation, constitution, and bylaws and include a commitment—
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(1) to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States;
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(2) to foster improvement of the condition of Vietnam-era veterans;
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(3) to promote the social welfare (including educational, economic, social, physical, and cultural improvement) of Vietnam-era veterans and other veterans in the United States by encouraging their growth, development, readjustment, self-respect, self-confidence, and usefulness;
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(4) to improve conditions for Vietnam-era veterans and develop channels of communication to assist Vietnam-era veterans;
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(5) to conduct and publish research, on a nonpartisan basis, pertaining to—
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(A) the relationship between Vietnam-era veterans and American society;
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(B) the Vietnam war experience;
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(C) the role of the United States in securing peaceful coexistence for the world community; and
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(D) other matters that affect the educational, economic, social, physical, or cultural welfare of Vietnam-era veterans, other veterans, and their families;
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(6) to assist disabled Vietnam-era veterans and other veterans in need of assistance and the dependents and survivors of those veterans; and
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(7) to consecrate the efforts of the members of the corporation, and Vietnam-era veterans generally, to mutual helpfulness and service to their country.
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(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1486.)
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## Notes
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Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 23050336:3803.May 23, 1986, Pub. L. 99–318, § 3, 100 Stat. 474. Before clause (1), the word “objects” is omitted as included in “purposes”.
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