36 USC § 30902 - Purposes
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identifier: "/us/usc/t36/s30902"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "36 USC § 30902 - Purposes"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "30902"
section_name: "Purposes"
chapter_number: 309
chapter_name: "BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Organizations"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1325.)"
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# § 30902. Purposes
June 15, 1916
The purposes of the corporation are to promote, through organization, and cooperation with other agencies, the ability of boys to do things for themselves and others, to train them in scoutcraft, and to teach them patriotism, courage, self-reliance, and kindred virtues, using the methods that were in common use by boy scouts on .
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1325.)
| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 30902 | 36:23. | June 15, 1916, ch. 148, § 3, 39 Stat. 228. |