---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 190102"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "190102"
heading: "Purposes"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/190102"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 1901 — Reserve Officers Association of the United States"
---

# §190102. Purposes


The purposes of the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) are to support and promote the development and execution of a military policy for the United States that will provide adequate national security.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1447.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 190102 | 36:223. | June 30, 1950, ch. 431, § 3, 64 Stat. 313. |

The word “object” is omitted as unnecessary.