36 USC § 230503 - Purposes

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title: "36 USC § 230503 - Purposes"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "230503"
section_name: "Purposes"
chapter_number: 2305
chapter_name: "VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA, INC."
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. 1486.)"
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# § 230503. Purposes

The purposes of the corporation are as provided in its articles of incorporation, constitution, and bylaws and include a commitment—

**(1)** to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States;

**(2)** to foster improvement of the condition of Vietnam-era veterans;

**(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;

**(4)** to improve conditions for Vietnam-era veterans and develop channels of communication to assist Vietnam-era veterans;

**(5)** to conduct and publish research, on a nonpartisan basis, pertaining to—

**(A)** the relationship between Vietnam-era veterans and American society;

**(B)** the Vietnam war experience;

**(C)** the role of the United States in securing peaceful coexistence for the world community; and

**(D)** other matters that affect the educational, economic, social, physical, or cultural welfare of Vietnam-era veterans, other veterans, and their families;

**(6)** to assist disabled Vietnam-era veterans and other veterans in need of assistance and the dependents and survivors of those veterans; and

**(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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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1486.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 230503 | 36:3803. | May 23, 1986, Pub. L. 99–318, § 3, 100 Stat. 474. |

Before clause (1), the word “objects” is omitted as included in “purposes”.