---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 60103"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "60103"
heading: "Purposes"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/60103"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 601 — 82nd Airborne Division Association, Incorporated"
---

# §60103. Purposes


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

- (1) perpetuating the memory of members of the 82nd Airborne Division who fought and died for this country;
- (2) furthering the common bond between retired and active members of the 82nd Airborne Division;
- (3) providing educational assistance in the form of college scholarships and grants to the qualified children of current and former members of the 82nd Airborne Division;
- (4) promoting civic and patriotic activities; and
- (5) promoting the indispensable role of airborne defense to the national security of the United States.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1345.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 60103 | 36:4803. | Nov. 5, 1990, Pub. L. 101–510, title XVI, § 1603, 104 Stat. 1736. |

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