---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 70303"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "70303"
heading: "Purposes"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/70303"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 703 — Former Members of Congress"
---

# §70303. Purposes


The purposes of the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) are as provided in the articles of incorporation and include the promotion of the cause of good government at the national level by improving the public understanding of Congress as an institution and strengthening its support by the public. The [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) shall function as an educational, patriotic, civic, historical, and research organization as authorized by the laws of each State in which it is incorporated.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1349.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 70303 | 36:2203. | Jan. 8, 1983, Pub. L. 97–427, § 3, 96 Stat. 2265. |

The word “objects” is omitted as included in “purposes”.