---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 22704"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "22704"
heading: "Governing body"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/22704"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 227 — Amvets (american Veterans)"
---

# §22704. Governing body

- (a) **Delegates to National Conventions.—** Each post may elect delegates to national conventions of the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7). The delegates each have one vote in the conduct of business of the convention to which they are elected.
- (b) **Executive Committee.—** The executive committee of the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) consists of—
  - (1) one member elected to represent each department; and
  - (2) the officers of the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) as ex officio members.
- (c) **Officers.—**
  - (1) The officers of the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) are a national commander, two national vice commanders, a finance officer, a judge advocate, a chaplain, six national district commanders, and a provost marshal.
  - (2) The officers shall be elected by the delegates at the annual national convention.
- (d) **Nondiscrimination.—** The requirements for holding office 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

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1307; Pub. L. 107–241, § 1(b), Oct. 16, 2002, 116 Stat. 1496.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 22704(a) | 36:67f(1) (last sentence). | July 23, 1947, ch. 298, §§ 5(3), 7(1) (last sentence), (2), 13, 61 Stat. 406, 407, 408. |
| 22704(b) | 36:67d(3).<br>36:67f(2). |  |
| 22704(c) | 36:67l. |  |
| 22704(d) | 36:67e (words after 3d comma related to discrimination in holding office). | July 23, 1947, ch. 298, § 6 (words after 3d comma related to discrimination in holding office), 61 Stat. 407; Dec. 28, 1950, ch. 1178, 64 Stat. 1122; July 26, 1955, ch. 383, 69 Stat. 375; Sept. 14, 1966, Pub. L. 89–576, 80 Stat. 772; Aug. 15, 1977, Pub. L. 95–98, § 1(b)(2), 91 Stat. 830; May 31, 1984, Pub. L. 98–304, 98 Stat. 220. |

In subsection (b), the text of 36:67d(3) is omitted as obsolete.

In subsection (c), the words “each official delegate casting one vote” are omitted as unnecessary because of subsection (a) of this section.

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2002—Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 107–241 substituted “two national vice commanders, a finance officer, a judge advocate, a chaplain, six national district commanders,” for “seven national vice commanders, one of whom shall be a woman, a finance officer, an adjutant, a judge advocate,”.