Title 36 USC

Congress included the Vietnam Veterans of America in the U.S. Code:

     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND
                              ORGANIZATIONS

            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations

                          Part B--Organizations

             CHAPTER 2305--VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA, INC.

Sec. 230503. Purposes

    The purposes of the corporation are as provided in its articles of
incorporation, constitution, and bylaws and include a commitment--
        (1) to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States;
        (2) to foster improvement of the condition of Vietnam-era
    veterans;
        (3) to promote the social welfare (including educational,
    economic, social, physical, and cultural improvement) of Vietnam-era
    veterans and other veterans in the United States by encouraging
    their growth, development, readjustment, self-respect, self-
    confidence, and usefulness;
        (4) to improve conditions for Vietnam-era veterans and develop
    channels of communication to assist Vietnam-era veterans;
        (5) to conduct and publish research, on a nonpartisan basis,
    pertaining to--
            (A) the relationship between Vietnam-era veterans and
        American society;
            (B) the Vietnam war experience;
            (C) the role of the United States in securing peaceful
        coexistence for the world community; and
            (D) other matters that affect the educational, economic,
        social, physical, or cultural welfare of Vietnam-era veterans,
        other veterans, and their families;

        (6) to assist disabled Vietnam-era veterans and other veterans
    in need of assistance and the dependents and survivors of those
    veterans; and
        (7) to consecrate the efforts of the members of the corporation,
    and Vietnam-era veterans generally, to mutual helpfulness and
    service to their country.