{"identifier":"/us/usc/t36/s230503","title":36,"num":"\u00a7\u202f230503.","heading":"Purposes","text":"\u00a7\u202f230503.\nPurposes\nThe purposes of the corporation are as provided in its articles of incorporation, constitution, and bylaws and include a commitment\u2014\n(1) to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States;\n(2) to foster improvement of the condition of Vietnam-era veterans;\n(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;\n(4) to improve conditions for Vietnam-era veterans and develop channels of communication to assist Vietnam-era veterans;\n(5) to conduct and publish research, on a nonpartisan basis, pertaining to\u2014\n(A) the relationship between Vietnam-era veterans and American society;\n(B) the Vietnam war experience;\n(C) the role of the United States in securing peaceful coexistence for the world community; and\n(D) other matters that affect the educational, economic, social, physical, or cultural welfare of Vietnam-era veterans, other veterans, and their families;\n(6) to assist disabled Vietnam-era veterans and other veterans in need of assistance and the dependents and survivors of those veterans; and\n(7) to consecrate the efforts of the members of the corporation, and Vietnam-era veterans generally, to mutual helpfulness and service to their country.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t36/s230503.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t36/s230503","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f230503."},{"t":"heading","text":"Purposes","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The purposes of the corporation are as provided in its articles of incorporation, constitution, and bylaws and include a commitment\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s230503/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s230503/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" to foster improvement of the condition of Vietnam-era veterans;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s230503/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" 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;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s230503/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" to improve conditions for Vietnam-era veterans and develop channels of communication to assist Vietnam-era veterans;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s230503/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" to conduct and publish research, on a nonpartisan basis, pertaining to\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t36/s230503/5/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" the relationship between Vietnam-era veterans and American society;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t36/s230503/5/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" the Vietnam war experience;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t36/s230503/5/C","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(C)"},{"t":"content","text":" the role of the United States in securing peaceful coexistence for the world community; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t36/s230503/5/D","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(D)"},{"t":"content","text":" other matters that affect the educational, economic, social, physical, or cultural welfare of Vietnam-era veterans, other veterans, and their families;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s230503/6","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(6)"},{"t":"content","text":" to assist disabled Vietnam-era veterans and other veterans in need of assistance and the dependents and survivors of those veterans; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s230503/7","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(7)"},{"t":"content","text":" to consecrate the efforts of the members of the corporation, and Vietnam-era veterans generally, to mutual helpfulness and service to their country.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}