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36 U.S.C. § 40502 — Purposes

submitted 28 years ago by Pub. L. 105-225 to r/title-36-PATRIOTIC-AND-NATIONAL-OBSERVANCES-CEREMONIES-AND-ORGANIZATIONS · 114 words · no verdicts yet

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This law lists the purposes of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. They include honoring recipients, protecting the medal's name, and helping recipients and their families. The group also aims to inspire youth and promote good citizenship.

The corporation's purposes are: (1) To build friendship and fellowship among everyone who has received the Medal of Honor from Congress. (2) To protect, uphold, and preserve the medal's dignity and honor at all times. (3) To protect the medal's name and its individual holders from being exploited. (4) To give appropriate help to everyone who has received the medal, and to their widows and children. (5) To serve the country in peace as well as in war. (6) To inspire and encourage young people to become good citizens. (7) To foster and keep alive the spirit of Americanism.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

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.

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

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  • 1998Enacted · Pub. L. 105-225 · 112 Stat. 1333

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 105-225 on 1998-08-12.

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