---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 230503"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "230503"
heading: "Purposes"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/230503"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 2305 — Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc."
---

# §230503. Purposes


The purposes of the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) are as provided in its articles of incorporation, constitution, and bylaws and include a commitment—

- (1) to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States;
- (2) to foster improvement of the condition of Vietnam-era veterans;
- (3) to promote the social welfare (including educational, economic, social, physical, and cultural improvement) of Vietnam-era veterans and other veterans in the United States by encouraging their growth, development, readjustment, self-respect, self-confidence, and usefulness;
- (4) to improve conditions for Vietnam-era veterans and develop channels of communication to assist Vietnam-era veterans;
- (5) to conduct and publish research, on a nonpartisan basis, pertaining to—
  - (A) the relationship between Vietnam-era veterans and American society;
  - (B) the Vietnam war experience;
  - (C) the role of the United States in securing peaceful coexistence for the world community; and
  - (D) other matters that affect the educational, economic, social, physical, or cultural welfare of Vietnam-era veterans, other veterans, and their families;
- (6) to assist disabled Vietnam-era veterans and other veterans in need of assistance and the dependents and survivors of those veterans; and
- (7) to consecrate the efforts of the members of the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7), and Vietnam-era veterans generally, to mutual helpfulness and service to their country.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1486.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 230503 | 36:3803. | May 23, 1986, Pub. L. 99–318, § 3, 100 Stat. 474. |

Before clause (1), the word “objects” is omitted as included in “purposes”.