36 USC § 80301 - Organization

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identifier: "/us/usc/t36/s80301"
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title: "36 USC § 80301 - Organization"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "80301"
section_name: "Organization"
chapter_number: 803
chapter_name: "GIRL SCOUTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Organizations"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1361.)"
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# § 80301. Organization

**(a)** **Federal Charter.—** Girl Scouts of the United States of America (in this chapter, the “corporation”) is a body corporate and politic of the District of Columbia.

**(b)** **Domicile.—** The domicile of the corporation is the District of Columbia.

**(c)** **Perpetual Existence.—** Except as otherwise provided, the corporation has perpetual existence.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1361.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 80301 | 36:31. | Mar. 16, 1950, ch. 62, §§ 1, 2 (words before 2d comma), 64 Stat. 22. |
|  | 36:32 (words before 2d comma). |  |

This section is substituted for the source provisions for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate executed and unnecessary words.