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2025-2026 Bill 5594: Marine Corps League Department of South Carolina - South Carolina Legislature Online
South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 5594
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House Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. Wooten and Caskey
Document Path: LC-0572CM-GM26.docx
Introduced in the House on April 28, 2026
Adopted by the House on April 28, 2026
Summary: Marine Corps League Department of South Carolina
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
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4/28/2026
House
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House Journal-page 11
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
04/28/2026
A
house
RESOLUTION
to recognize and honor the members of the Marine
Corps League Department of South Carolina for their important role in the
Palmetto State and to welcome their conferees for their state convention in
Columbia.
W
hereas, the South
Carolina House of Representatives is pleased to learn that the Marine Corps
League Department of South Carolina will hold its 2026 convention in Columbia
on June 11-14; and
W
hereas, the Marine
Corps League was founded in 1923 by the Commandant of the Marine Corps, then
Major General John A. Lejeune. On August 4, 1937, the United States Nineteenth
Congress congressionally chartered the organization as a veteran service
organization. It maintains a nonprofit status with the Internal Revenue Service
with special tax exemption; and
W
hereas, the mission of
the Marine Corps League is to promote the interest and to preserve the
traditions of the United States Marine Corps; strengthen the fraternity of
Marines and their families; serve Marines and FMF Navy Personnel who wear or
who have worn the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor; and foster the ideals of
Americanism and patriotic volunteerism; and
W
hereas, the league is
the only federally chartered Marine Crops-related veterans' organization in the
country. Since its earliest days, the league has enjoyed the support and
encouragement of the active duty and reserve establishments of the Marine
Corps; and
W
hereas, the league
boasts a membership of more than sixty thousand people: officers and enlisted,
active duty and reserve Marines, honorably discharged Marine veterans, and
qualified FMF Navy personnel; and
W
hereas, the Marine
Corps League Department of South Carolina was established in 1993 and currently
has a membership of more than one thousand and supports programs and efforts
related to Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) Leadership Awards,
Toys for Tots, Young Marines units, and scholarships; and
W
hereas, the Marine
Corps maintains a significant presence in the State of South Carolina, and the
majority of the members of the department were either trained at Parris Island
or were stationed at other locations for duty throughout the State; and
W
hereas, the House of
Representatives values the significant presence and volunteer service of the
Marine Corps League in the State and wish its members continued success at the 2026
convention in Columbia. Now, therefore,
B
e it resolved by the
House of Representatives
:
T
hat the members of the
South Carolina
House of Representatives
,
by this resolution, recognize and honor the members of the Marine Corps League
Department of South Carolina for their important role in the Palmetto State and
welcome their conferees for their state convention in Columbia.
B
e it further resolved
that a copy of this resolution be presented to the Marine Corps League
Department of South Carolina.
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