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VVA is the only such organization chartered by the United States Congress and dedicated to Vietnam War veterans and their families. The group holds a congressional charter under Title 36 of the United States Code .
Organization advertising its congressional charter. A congressional charter is a law passed by the United States Congress that states the mission, authority, and activities of a group. Congress has issued corporate charters since 1791 and the laws that issue them are codified in Title 36 of the United States Code. [1]
The Veterans' Affairs Committee does not have legislative jurisdiction [1] over the following issues: Tax status of veterans benefits and contributions to Veterans Service Organizations (Committee on Ways and Means); Military retiree issues, including COLA's and disability pay (Committee on Armed Services);
The Military Order of the Purple Heart (MOPH) is a congressionally chartered (Title 36 USC Chapter 1405) United States war veterans organization. Headquartered just outside Washington, D.C., it has a membership of approximately 45,300 veterans.
Organizations chartered by the United States Congress under Title 36 of the United States Code, Subtitle II—Patriotic and National Organizations. Not to be confused with government-owned corporations.
The Marine Corps League is the only congressionally chartered United States Marine Corps-related veterans organization in the United States.Its congressional charter was approved by the 75th U.S. Congress and signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on August 4, 1937.
Iraq War Veterans Organization; Jewish War Veterans; Marine Corps League; Military Officers Association of America; Military Order of the Carabao (organized by officers of the Philippine Insurrection) Military Order of the Cootie; Military Order of the Dragon (organized by officers of the China Relief Expedition) Military Order of Foreign Wars ...
The ROA was founded on October 2, 1922, when several hundred officers, many of them combat veterans of World War I, first gathered with General of the Armies John J. "Black Jack" Pershing at the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C., to formally establish a new organization.