36 USC § 240103 - Purposes

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title: "36 USC § 240103 - Purposes"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "240103"
section_name: "Purposes"
chapter_number: 2401
chapter_name: "WOMEN’S ARMY CORPS VETERANS’ 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. 1488.)"
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# § 240103. Purposes

The purposes of the corporation are as provided in its articles of incorporation and include a continuing commitment on a national basis—

**(1)** to promote the general welfare of all veterans, especially women veterans, who have served or are serving in the United States Army, the Army Reserve, and the Army National Guard;

**(2)** to recognize outstanding women in college ROTC units throughout the United States; and

**(3)** to provide services and support to patients in medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs throughout the United States.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1488.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 240103 | 36:3103. | Oct. 30, 1984, Pub. L. 98–584, § 3, 98 Stat. 3097; June 13, 1991, Pub. L. 102–54, § 13(n)(7), 105 Stat. 278. |

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