House Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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Congressionally-Chartered
Veterans Service
Organizations
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Veterans in Congress
List of members of the House and Senate who are military veterans.

Veterans Service Organization	Date of Charter
Navy Mutual Aid Association	Jul. 28, 1879
The American Red Cross	Jan. 5, 1905
The American Legion	Sept. 16, 1919
National Amputation Foundation, Inc.	1919
American War Mothers	Feb. 24, 1925
Disabled American Veterans	June 17, 1932
Veterans of Foreign Wars	May 28, 1936
Marine Corps League	July 4, 1937
United Spanish War Veterans	April 22, 1940
Navy Club of the United States of America	June 6, 1940
American Veterans Committee	1944
American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor	Mar. 21, 1946
AMVETS (American Veterans)	July 23, 1947
American G.I. Forum	March 1948
Military Chaplains Association of the USA	Sept. 20, 1950
Legion of Valor of the USA, Inc.	July 4, 1955
Congressional Medal of Honor Society	July 14, 1958
Veterans of World War I	July 18, 1958
Military Order of the Purple Heart	Aug. 26, 1958
Blinded Veterans Association	Aug. 27, 1958
Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc.	June 1960
National Association for Black Veterans, Inc.	July 1969
Swords to Plowshares: Veterans Rights Organization	Dec. 23, 1974
Air Force Sergeants Association	Nov. 18, 1997
Paralyzed Veterans of America	Aug. 11, 1971
Gold Star Wives	Dec. 4, 1980
Italian American War Veterans	Nov. 20, 1981
U.S. Submarine Veterans, Inc.	Nov. 20, 1981
National Veterans Legal Services Program, Inc.	1981
American Ex-Prisoners of War	Aug. 10, 1982
Women`s Army Corps Veterans Association	Oct. 30, 1984
American Gold Star Mothers, Inc.	June 12, 1984
Polish Legion of America	June 23, 1984
Catholic War Veterans	Aug. 17, 1984
Jewish War Veterans	Aug. 21, 1984
Pearl Harbor Survivors	Oct. 7, 1985
Vietnam Veterans of America	May 23, 1986
Army and Navy Union	Nov. 6, 1986
Non-Commissioned Officers Association of America	April 6, 1988
National Association of County Veterans Service Officers, Inc.	June 1990
Military Order of the World Wars	Oct. 23, 1992
The Retired Enlisted Association	Oct. 23, 1992
Fleet Reserve Association	Oct. 23, 1996
National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs (NASDVA)	N/A
Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II	N/A

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