I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1043
To grant a Federal charter to Korean War Veterans Association, 
Incorporated. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 27, 2003
Mr. WALSH (for himself, Mr. HOYER, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. BELL, Ms. 
BORDALLO, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mrs. 
CAPPS, Mr. CASE, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. CRANE, 
Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. 
FARR, Mr. FILNER, Mr. FORD, Mr. FOSSELLA, Mr. FROST, Mr. 
GILLMOR, Mr. GOODE, Mr. GREEN of Wisconsin, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. 
HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. HEFLEY, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. HOBSON, Mr. 
HOLDEN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. HOUGHTON, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. JANKLOW, 
Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois, Mr. 
JONES of North Carolina, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KIL-
DEE, Mr. LAMPSON, Ms. LEE, Mr. LEVIN, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. LUCAS of 
Kentucky, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. MALONEY, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, 
Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. MICA, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. 
MOORE, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. PAUL, Mr. PORTER, Mr. PUTNAM, Mr. 
QUINN, Mr. REGULA, Mr. REYES, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. ROGERS of 
Michigan, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. STRICKLAND, Mr. TERRY, Mr. TOWNS, 
Mr. UPTON, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, and Ms. WOOLSEY) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary 
A BILL 
To grant a Federal charter to Korean War Veterans 
Association, Incorporated.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. GRANT OF FEDERAL CHARTER TO KOREAN 
WAR 
VETERANS 
ASSOCIATION, 
INCOR-
PORATED. 
(a) GRANT OF CHARTER.—Part B of subtitle II of 
title 36, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking the following:
‘‘CHAPTER 1201—[RESERVED]’’; 
and 
(2) by inserting after chapter 1103 the fol-
lowing new chapter:
‘‘CHAPTER 1201—KOREAN WAR VETERANS 
ASSOCIATION, INCORPORATED
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘120101. Organization. 
‘‘120102. Purposes. 
‘‘120103. Membership. 
‘‘120104. Governing body. 
‘‘120105. Powers. 
‘‘120106. Restrictions. 
‘‘120107. Tax-exempt status required as condition of charter. 
‘‘120108. Records and inspection. 
‘‘120109. Service of process. 
‘‘120110. Liability for acts of officers and agents. 
‘‘120111. Annual report. 
‘‘120112. Definition.
‘‘§ 120101. Organization 
‘‘(a) FEDERAL CHARTER.—Korean War Veterans 
Association, Incorporated (in this chapter, the ‘corpora-
tion’), a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws 
of the State of New York, is a federally chartered corpora-
tion.
‘‘(b) EXPIRATION OF CHARTER.—If the corporation 
does not comply with the provisions of this chapter, the 
charter granted by subsection (a) expires. 
‘‘§ 120102. Purposes 
‘‘The purposes of the corporation are those provided 
in its articles of incorporation and shall include the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) Organizing, promoting, and maintaining 
for benevolent and charitable purposes an associa-
tion of persons who have seen honorable service in 
the Armed Forces during the Korean War, and of 
certain other persons. 
‘‘(2) Providing a means of contact and commu-
nication among members of the corporation. 
‘‘(3) Promoting the establishment of, and estab-
lishing, war and other memorials commemorative of 
persons who served in the Armed Forces during the 
Korean War. 
‘‘(4) Aiding needy members of the corporation, 
their wives and children, and the widows and chil-
dren of persons who were members of the corpora-
tion at the time of their death.