Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

36 U.S.C. § 230102

Purposes

The purposes of the corporation are fraternal, patriotic, historical, charitable, and educational, and are—
(1)
to preserve and strengthen comradeship among its members;
(2)
to assist worthy comrades;
(3)
to perpetuate the memory and history of our dead, and to assist their surviving spouses and orphans;
(4)
to maintain true allegiance to the Government of the United States, and fidelity to its Constitution and laws;
(5)
to foster true patriotism;
(6)
to maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom; and
(7)
to preserve and defend the United States from all enemies.

Pub. L. 105–225112 Stat. 1481Pub. L. 107–242, § 2116 Stat. 1497Pub. L. 113–199, § 1(b)128 Stat. 2058(, , ; , , ; , , .)

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised

Section

Source (U.S. Code)

Source (Statutes at Large)

230102

36:113.

May 28, 1936, ch. 471, § 3, 49 Stat. 1391.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

Pub. L. 113–1992014—Par. (3). substituted “surviving spouses” for “widows”.

Pub. L. 107–2422002— inserted “charitable,” before “and educational,” in introductory provisions.