36 USC § 40502 - Purposes

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title: "36 USC § 40502 - Purposes"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "40502"
section_name: "Purposes"
chapter_number: 405
chapter_name: "CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA"
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. 1333.)"
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# § 40502. Purposes

The purposes of the corporation are—

**(1)** to form a bond of friendship and comradeship among all holders of the Medal of Honor as presented by Congress;

**(2)** to protect, uphold, and preserve the dignity and honor of the medal at all times and on all occasions;

**(3)** to protect the name of the medal and individual holders of the medal from exploitation;

**(4)** to provide appropriate aid to all persons to whom the medal has been awarded, their widows, or their children;

**(5)** to serve our country in peace as in war;

**(6)** to inspire and stimulate our youth to become worthy citizens of our country; and

**(7)** to foster and perpetuate Americanism.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1333.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 40502 | 36:793. | Aug. 14, 1958, Pub. L. 85–642, § 3, 72 Stat. 598. |

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

In clause (5), the words “we did” are omitted to avoid the grammatical construction using the first person.