36 U.S.C. § 150402 — Purposes

submitted 3 years ago by Pub. L. 118-31 to r/title-36-PATRIOTIC-AND-NATIONAL-OBSERVANCES-CEREMONIES-AND-ORGANIZATIONS · 223 words · no verdicts yet

in plain englishAI-generated · not legal advice

This law lists the purposes of the National American Indian Veterans. It commits to uniting and advocating for American Indian veterans, promoting their social welfare, and researching their place in American society. It also provides outreach and training to underserved tribal areas through the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

The corporation's purposes come from its articles of incorporation, constitution, and bylaws. They include a commitment to: (1) Uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States, while respecting the sovereignty of the American Indian Nations. (2) Unite, under one body, all American Indian veterans who served in the Armed Forces of the United States. (3) Advocate for all American Indian veterans, no matter whether they served during peace, conflict, or war. (4) Promote social welfare for American Indian veterans. This covers educational, economic, social, physical, and cultural values, including traditional healing. It works to encourage their growth, development, readjustment, self-respect, self-confidence, contributions, and self-identity. (5) Advocate for the needs of American Indian veterans and their families and survivors, in their dealings with Federal and State government agencies. (6) Promote, support, and use nonpartisan research on the relationship between American Indian veterans and American society. (7) Provide technical assistance to Bureau of Indian Affairs regional areas that no veterans committee, organization, or program currently serves. It does this by (A) providing outreach service to Indian Tribes in need, and (B) training and educating Tribal Veterans Service Officers for Indian Tribes in need.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

The purposes of the corporation are those stated in the articles of incorporation, constitution, and bylaws of the corporation, and include a commitment—

(1)

to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States while respecting the sovereignty of the American Indian Nations;

(2)

to unite under one body all American Indian veterans who served in the Armed Forces of United States;

(3)

to be an advocate on behalf of all American Indian veterans without regard to whether they served during times of peace, conflict, or war;

(4)

to promote social welfare (including educational, economic, social, physical, and cultural values and traditional healing) in the United States by encouraging the growth and development, readjustment, self-respect, self-confidence, contributions, and self-identity of American Indian veterans;

(5)

to serve as an advocate for the needs of American Indian veterans and their families and survivors in their dealings with all Federal and State government agencies;

(6)

to promote, support, and utilize research, on a nonpartisan basis, pertaining to the relationship between American Indian veterans and American society; and

(7)

to provide technical assistance to the Bureau of Indian Affairs regional areas that are not served by any veterans committee or organization or program by—

(A)

providing outreach service to Indian Tribes in need; and

(B)

training and educating Tribal Veterans Service Officers for Indian Tribes in need.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 118–31, div. E, title LI, § 5103(a), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 935.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

2023Enacted · Pub. L. 118-31 · 137 Stat. 935

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 118-31 on 2023-12-22.

all 0 arguments · sorted by: best

no arguments yet — make the first case