36 U.S.C. § 40302
Section 40302 · Purposes
Viewing 36 U.S.C. § 40302 as in effect on August 12, 1998. The text changed in 1 later edition (most recent October 30, 2000).
View current version →The purposes of the corporation are to—
(1) provide an organization to—
(A) encourage and aid citizens of the United States in contributing their efforts, services, and resources in developing aviation and in maintaining air supremacy; and
(B) encourage and develop by example the voluntary contribution of private citizens to the public welfare;
(2) provide aviation education and training especially to its senior and cadet members;
(3) encourage and foster civil aviation in local communities; and
(4) provide an organization of private citizens with adequate facilities to assist in meeting local and national emergencies.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 40302 36:202. July 1, 1946, ch. 527, §2, 60 Stat. 346. Before clause (1), the word “objects” is omitted as included in “purposes”.
In clause (1)(A), the words “citizens of the United States” are substituted for “American citizens” for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code.