36 U.S.C. § 130303 — Membership

submitted 28 years ago by Pub. L. 105-225 to r/title-36-PATRIOTIC-AND-NATIONAL-OBSERVANCES-CEREMONIES-AND-ORGANIZATIONS · 151 words · no verdicts yet

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This law sets who can join the Legion of Valor as an active member. A member must have good moral character and a top medal for extraordinary combat heroism. The corporation can also extend eligibility to parents and descendants, and each voting member gets one vote.

(a) Eligibility. A person is eligible for active membership if the person: (1) has good moral character; and (2) received a Congressional Medal of Honor, a Distinguished Service Cross, a Navy Cross, or an Air Force Cross, awarded for extraordinary heroism in military or naval operations against an armed enemy, or for heroism of a specially distinguished kind, while a member of the U.S. Armed Forces or any foreign country's forces. (b) Extension of Eligibility to Parents and Descendants. The corporation may extend eligibility for membership — active or associate — to the parents and lineal descendants of a person described in (a), on terms its constitution and bylaws set. (c) Voting. Every member, except an associate member, gets one vote on each matter voted on at a members' meeting.

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(a)Eligibility.—

An individual is eligible for active membership in the corporation if the individual—

(1)

is of good moral character; and

(2)

has received a Congressional Medal of Honor, a Distinguished Service Cross, a Navy Cross, or an Air Force Cross awarded for acts of extraordinary heroism in connection with military or naval operations against an armed enemy, or for heroism of a specially distinguished character, as a member of the Armed Forces of the United States or any foreign country.

(b)Extension of Eligibility to Parents and Descendants.—

The corporation may extend eligibility for membership, either active or associate, to parents and lineal descendants of an individual described in subsection (a) of this section on terms provided in its constitution and bylaws.

(c)Voting.—

Each member (except an associate member) has one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of the members.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1374.)

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1998Enacted · Pub. L. 105-225 · 112 Stat. 1374

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