36 USC § 21302 - Purposes

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title: "36 USC § 21302 - Purposes"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "21302"
section_name: "Purposes"
chapter_number: 213
chapter_name: "AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Organizations"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1294.)"
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# § 21302. Purposes

The purposes of the corporation are—

**(1)** to promote historical studies;

**(2)** to collect and preserve historical manuscripts; and

**(3)** other kindred purposes in the interest of American history and of history in America.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1294.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 21302 | 36:20 (1st sentence words beginning with “for the promotion”). | Jan. 4, 1889, ch. 20, (1st sentence words beginning with “for the promotion”), 25 Stat. 640. |