36 USC § 151102 - Purposes

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title: "36 USC § 151102 - Purposes"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "151102"
section_name: "Purposes"
chapter_number: 1511
chapter_name: "NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1397.)"
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# § 151102. Purposes

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.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1397.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 151102 | 36:5302 (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”.