36 USC § 31102 - Purposes

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title: "36 USC § 31102 - Purposes"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "31102"
section_name: "Purposes"
chapter_number: 311
chapter_name: "BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Organizations"
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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. 1327.)"
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# § 31102. Purposes

The purposes of the corporation are—

**(1)** to promote the health, social, educational, vocational, and character development of youth throughout the United States; and

**(2)** to receive, invest, and disburse funds and to hold property for the purposes of the corporation.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1327.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 31102 | 36:693. | Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 976, § 3, 70 Stat. 1052; Dec. 10, 1991, Pub. L. 102–199, § 1(3), 105 Stat. 1628. |