36 USC § 22704 - Governing body

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title: "36 USC § 22704 - Governing body"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "22704"
section_name: "Governing body"
chapter_number: 227
chapter_name: "AMVETS (AMERICAN VETERANS)"
part_number: "B"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1307; Pub. L. 107–241, § 1(b), Oct. 16, 2002, 116 Stat. 1496.)"
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# § 22704. Governing body

**(a)** **Delegates to National Conventions.—** Each post may elect delegates to national conventions of the corporation. The delegates each have one vote in the conduct of business of the convention to which they are elected.

**(b)** **Executive Committee.—** The executive committee of the corporation consists of—

**(1)** one member elected to represent each department; and

**(2)** the officers of the corporation as ex officio members.

**(c)** **Officers.—**

**(1)** The officers of the corporation are a national commander, two national vice commanders, a finance officer, a judge advocate, a chaplain, six national district commanders, and a provost marshal.

**(2)** The officers shall be elected by the delegates at the annual national convention.

**(d)** **Nondiscrimination.—** The requirements for holding office in the corporation may not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1307; Pub. L. 107–241, § 1(b), Oct. 16, 2002, 116 Stat. 1496.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 22704(a) | 36:67f(1) (last sentence). | July 23, 1947, ch. 298, §§ 5(3), 7(1) (last sentence), (2), 13, 61 Stat. 406, 407, 408. |
| 22704(b) | 36:67d(3).36:67f(2). |  |
| 22704(c) | 36:67l. |  |
| 22704(d) | 36:67e (words after 3d comma related to discrimination in holding office). | July 23, 1947, ch. 298, § 6 (words after 3d comma related to discrimination in holding office), 61 Stat. 407; Dec. 28, 1950, ch. 1178, 64 Stat. 1122; July 26, 1955, ch. 383, 69 Stat. 375; Sept. 14, 1966, Pub. L. 89–576, 80 Stat. 772; Aug. 15, 1977, Pub. L. 95–98, § 1(b)(2), 91 Stat. 830; May 31, 1984, Pub. L. 98–304, 98 Stat. 220. |

In subsection (b), the text of 36:67d(3) is omitted as obsolete.

In subsection (c), the words “each official delegate casting one vote” are omitted as unnecessary because of subsection (a) of this section.

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2002—Subsec. (c)(1).  substituted “two national vice commanders, a finance officer, a judge advocate, a chaplain, six national district commanders,” for “seven national vice commanders, one of whom shall be a woman, a finance officer, an adjutant, a judge advocate,”.