# Plain Language Summary of H.R. 988

This bill relocates the National Woman's Relief Corps, a congressionally chartered organization, from Washington, D.C. to Illinois. Specifically, it changes where the organization is officially incorporated and headquartered, moving its main office from Springfield, Illinois to Murphysboro, Illinois. The bill also updates the legal paperwork and official contacts associated with the organization to reflect this new location.

The National Woman's Relief Corps is a historical veterans' support organization that has been around for many years. Right now, it's technically incorporated in Washington, D.C., even though it already has an office in Springfield, Illinois. This bill essentially makes the paperwork match reality by officially moving the organization's legal home to Illinois and shifting its main operations to Murphysboro. It also updates which state official (the Illinois Secretary of State instead of the D.C. Mayor) will handle legal documents and official notices for the organization.

For most people, this change won't have any noticeable impact. It's mainly a bureaucratic reorganization that allows the National Woman's Relief Corps to operate more efficiently from its new Illinois base. The organization will continue its work supporting veterans and their families, but now its legal status will be properly aligned with where it actually conducts its business.

To amend title 36, United States Code, to move the place of incorporation and domicile of the National Woman's Relief Corps to Illinois, to move the principal office of such Corps to Murphysboro, Illinois, and for other purposes.

Bost, Mike

<p>This bill moves&nbsp;the National Woman's Relief Corps' place of incorporation and domicile from the District of Columbia to Illinois and moves its principal office in Illinois from Springfield to&nbsp;Murphysboro.</p><p>The National Woman's Relief Corps is a federally chartered corporation whose purposes include (1) perpetuating the memory of the Grand Army of the Republic and those who saved the Union during the Civil War; (2) preserving, and making available for research, documents and records pertaining to the Grand Army of the Republic and its members; and (3) honoring those who have patriotically served the United States in any war.</p>