36-U.S.C.-22704
§22704 – Governing Body
Pathway
Title 36 > Subtitle II > Part B > Chapter 227 > Section 22704
Details
- Reference: Section 22704
- Legend: §22704 – Governing Body
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
(a) Delegates to National Conventions.—Each post may elect delegates to national conventions of the corporation. The delegates each have one vote in the conduct of business of the convention to which they are elected.
(b) Executive Committee.—The executive committee of the corporation consists of—
(1) one member elected to represent each department; and
(2) the officers of the corporation as ex officio members.
(c) Officers.—(1) The officers of the corporation are a national commander, two national vice commanders, a finance officer, a judge advocate, a chaplain, six national district commanders, and a provost marshal.
(2) The officers shall be elected by the delegates at the annual national convention.
(d) Nondiscrimination.—The requirements for holding office in the corporation may not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1307; Pub. L. 107–241, §1(b), Oct. 16, 2002, 116 Stat. 1496.)
| Revised Section |
Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
|---|---|---|
| 22704(a) | 36:67f(1) (last sentence). | July 23, 1947, ch. 298, §§5(3), 7(1) (last sentence), (2), 13, 61 Stat. 406, 407, 408. |
| 22704(b) | 36:67d(3). 36:67f(2). |
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| 22704(c) | 36:67l. | |
| 22704(d) | 36:67e (words after 3d comma related to discrimination in holding office). | July 23, 1947, ch. 298, §6 (words after 3d comma related to discrimination in holding office), 61 Stat. 407; Dec. 28, 1950, ch. 1178, 64 Stat. 1122; July 26, 1955, ch. 383, 69 Stat. 375; Sept. 14, 1966, Pub. L. 89–576, 80 Stat. 772; Aug. 15, 1977, Pub. L. 95–98, §1(b)(2), 91 Stat. 830; May 31, 1984, Pub. L. 98–304, 98 Stat. 220. |
In subsection (b), the text of 36:67d(3) is omitted as obsolete.
In subsection (c), the words each official delegate casting one vote are omitted as unnecessary because of subsection (a) of this section.
Amendments
2002—Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 107–241 substituted two national vice commanders, a finance officer, a judge advocate, a chaplain, six national district commanders, for seven national vice commanders, one of whom shall be a woman, a finance officer, an adjutant, a judge advocate,.
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