§ 300102. — Purposes.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 36USC300102]
TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND
ORGANIZATIONS
Subtitle III--Treaty Obligation Organizations
CHAPTER 3001--THE AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS
Sec. 300102. Purposes
The purposes of the corporation are--
(1) to provide volunteer aid in time of war to the sick and
wounded of the Armed Forces, in accordance with the spirit and
conditions of--
(A) the conference of Geneva of October 1863;
(B) the treaties of the Red Cross, or the treaties of
Geneva, August 22, 1864, July 27, 1929, and August 12, 1949, to
which the United States of America has given its adhesion; and
(C) any other treaty, convention, or protocol similar in
purpose to which the United States of America has given or may
give its adhesion;
(2) in carrying out the purposes described in paragraph (1) of
this section, to perform all the duties devolved on a national
society by each nation that has acceded to any of those treaties,
conventions, or protocols;
(3) to act in matters of voluntary relief and in accordance with
the military authorities as a medium of communication between the
people of the United States and the Armed Forces of the United
States and to act in those matters between similar national
societies of governments of other countries through the
International Committee of the Red Cross and the Government, the
people, and the Armed Forces of the United States; and
(4) to carry out a system of national and international relief
in time of peace, and to apply that system in mitigating the
suffering caused by pestilence, famine, fire, floods, and other
great national calamities, and to devise and carry out measures for
preventing those calamities.
(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1490.)
Historical and Revision Notes
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Revised Section Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large)
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300102................................ 36:3. Jan. 5, 1905, ch. 23, Sec. 3, 33 Stat.
600; May 8, 1947, ch. 50, Sec. 4, 61
Stat. 81; July 17, 1953, ch. 222, Sec.
4(a), (b), 67 Stat. 179.
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In this section, the text of 36:3 (``Third'' par.) is omitted as
executed.
In clause (1)(B), the date ``August 12, 1949'' is added to include
the reference to a subsequent treaty.
In clause (2), the words ``in carrying out the purposes described in
clause (1) of this section'' are substituted for ``And for said
purposes'' for clarity.
In clause (3), the words ``International Committee of the Red
Cross'' are substituted for ``Comite International de Secours'' because
the name has been changed.
In clause (4), the word ``continue'' is omitted as included in
``carry out''.
