36 USC § 22502 - Purposes

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title: "36 USC § 22502 - Purposes"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "22502"
section_name: "Purposes"
chapter_number: 225
chapter_name: "AMERICAN WAR MOTHERS"
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. 1304.)"
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# § 22502. Purposes

The purposes of the corporation are—

**(1)** to keep alive and develop the spirit that promoted world service;

**(2)** to maintain the ties of fellowship born of that service and to assist and further any patriotic work;

**(3)** to inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, State, and Nation;

**(4)** to work for the welfare of the Army and Navy;

**(5)** to assist, in any way in their power, men and women who served and were wounded or incapacitated in World War I; and

**(6)** to foster and promote friendship and understanding between America and the Allies in World War I.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1304.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 22502 | 36:93. | Feb. 24, 1925, ch. 303, § 3, 43 Stat. 967. |

In clauses (5) and (6), the words “World War I” are substituted for “the World War” for clarity.