---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 130103"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "130103"
heading: "Membership"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/130103"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 1301 — Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic"
---

# §130103. Membership

- (a) **Eligibility.—**
  - (1) Except as provided in this chapter, eligibility for membership in the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) and the rights, privileges, and designation of classes of members are as provided in the constitution and bylaws of the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7).
  - (2) Eligibility for membership is limited to female blood relatives of an individual who—
    - (A) served at any time during the period April 12, 1861, through April 9, 1865, as a soldier or sailor in—
      - (i) the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or Revenue-Cutter Service; or
      - (ii) a State regiment that was called into active service and was subject to orders of United States general officers during that period; and
    - (B) was honorably discharged from, or died in, that service.
- (b) **Voting.—** Each 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. 1371.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 130103 | 36:78d. | June 17, 1959, Pub. L. 86–47, § 5, 73 Stat. 78. |

In subsection (a)(1), the words “are as provided in the constitution and bylaws of the corporation” are substituted for “shall . . . be determined as the constitution and bylaws of the corporation may provide” for consistency in the revised title.

In subsection (a)(2)(A), the words “at any time” are added for clarity.