---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 21704A"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "21704A"
heading: "Nondiscrimination"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/21704A"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 217 — The American Legion"
---

# §21704A. Nondiscrimination


The requirements for holding a staff position in the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) may not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 116–35, § 4(a), July 30, 2019, 133 Stat. 1046.)