---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 21502"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "21502"
heading: "Purpose"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/21502"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 215 — American Hospital of Paris"
---

# §21502. Purpose


The purpose of the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) is to maintain a hospital in the vicinity of Paris, France, to provide medical and surgical care to citizens of the United States.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1295.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 21502 | 36:4903 (words before 8th comma less “gratuitously or otherwise”). | Jan. 30, 1913, ch. 21, § 3 (words before 8th comma less “gratuitously or otherwise”), 37 Stat. 654. |

The word “maintain” is substituted for “establish, maintain, and conduct” to eliminate executed and unnecessary words. The word “aid” is omitted as included in “care”.