---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 20302"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "20302"
heading: "Purpose"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/20302"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 203 — American Academy of Arts and Letters"
---

# §20302. Purpose


The purpose of the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) is to further the interests of literature and the fine arts.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1286.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 20302 | 36:4202. | Apr. 17, 1916, ch. 77, § 2, 39 Stat. 51. |

The words “is to further” are substituted for “are and shall be the furtherance of” to eliminate unnecessary words.