---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 150702"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "150702"
heading: "Purposes"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/150702"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 1507 — National Conference on Citizenship"
---

# §150702. Purposes


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

- (1) to hold an annual national conference on citizenship on or about “Citizenship Day”, September 17;
- (2) to assist in the development of more dynamic procedures for making citizenship more effective, including the promotion and encouragement of local, State, and regional citizenship conferences; and
- (3) to indicate the ways and means by which various organizations may contribute concretely to the development of a more active, alert, enlightened, conscientious, and progressive citizenry in our country.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1392.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 150702 | 36:433. | Aug. 13, 1953, ch. 427, § 3, 67 Stat. 562. |