---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 240103"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "240103"
heading: "Purposes"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/240103"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 2401 — Women’s Army Corps Veterans’ Association"
---

# §240103. Purposes


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

- (1) to promote the general welfare of all veterans, especially women veterans, who have served or are serving in the United States Army, the Army Reserve, and the Army National Guard;
- (2) to recognize outstanding women in college ROTC units throughout the United States; and
- (3) to provide services and support to patients in medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs throughout the United States.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1488.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 240103 | 36:3103. | Oct. 30, 1984, Pub. L. 98–584, § 3, 98 Stat. 3097; June 13, 1991, Pub. L. 102–54, § 13(n)(7), 105 Stat. 278. |

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