36 USC § 30906 - Restrictions

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title: "36 USC § 30906 - Restrictions"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "30906"
section_name: "Restrictions"
chapter_number: 309
chapter_name: "BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA"
part_number: "B"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1326.)"
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# § 30906. Restrictions

**(a)** **Profit.—** The corporation may not operate for pecuniary profit to its members.

**(b)** **Stocks and Dividends.—** The corporation may not issue stock or declare or pay a dividend.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1326.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 30906 | 36:24 (words after semicolon). | June 15, 1916, ch. 148, § 4 (words after semicolon), 39 Stat. 228. |

The words “certificates of” and “its object and purposes being solely of a benevolent character” are omitted as unnecessary.