36 U.S.C. § 50303 — Membership

submitted 28 years ago by Pub. L. 105-225 to r/title-36-PATRIOTIC-AND-NATIONAL-OBSERVANCES-CEREMONIES-AND-ORGANIZATIONS · 125 words · no verdicts yet

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A person qualifies for membership if they were wounded, gassed, injured, or disabled in the line of duty during wartime military service and were honorably discharged or are still serving. A person can also qualify if they were disabled serving with a wartime U.S. ally's armed forces, are a U.S. citizen, and were honorably discharged. The corporation cannot grant honorary memberships.

(a) Eligibility. A person is eligible to join the corporation if either: (1)(A) they were wounded, gassed, injured, or disabled in the line of duty during a war while serving in the U.S. military or naval forces, and (B) they were honorably discharged or separated from that service, or are still on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces; or (2)(A) they were disabled while serving in the armed forces of a country that was a wartime ally of the United States, (B) they are a U.S. citizen, and (C) they were honorably discharged. (b) No Honorary Memberships. The corporation may not grant anyone an honorary membership.

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(a)Eligibility.—

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

(1)

(A)

was wounded, gassed, injured, or disabled in the line of duty during time of war while in the service of the military or naval forces of the United States; and

(B)

was honorably discharged or separated from that service or is still in active service in the Armed Forces of the United States; or

(2)

(A)

was disabled while serving with any of the Armed Forces of a country associated with the United States as an ally during any of its war periods;

(B)

is a citizen of the United States; and

(C)

was honorably discharged.

(b)No Honorary Memberships.—

An honorary membership may not be granted.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1344.)

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1998Enacted · Pub. L. 105-225 · 112 Stat. 1344

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