---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 150503"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "150503"
heading: "Purposes"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/150503"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 1505 — National Conference of State Societies, Washington, District of Columbia"
---

# §150503. Purposes


The purposes of the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) are—

- (1) to promote friendly and cooperative relations between the State and territorial societies in the District of Columbia;
- (2) to foster, participate in, and encourage educational, cultural, charitable, civic, and patriotic programs and activities in the District of Columbia and surrounding communities; and
- (3) to act as contact agent with States for carrying out State and national programs.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1389.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 150503 | 36:402. | Apr. 3, 1952, ch. 131, § 2, 66 Stat. 38. |

In clause (1), the word “various” is omitted as unnecessary.