36 USC § 80302 - Purposes

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title: "36 USC § 80302 - Purposes"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "80302"
section_name: "Purposes"
chapter_number: 803
chapter_name: "GIRL SCOUTS OF THE UNITED STATES 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. 1361.)"
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# § 80302. Purposes

The purposes of the corporation are—

**(1)** to promote the qualities of truth, loyalty, helpfulness, friendliness, courtesy, purity, kindness, obedience, cheerfulness, thriftiness, and kindred virtues among girls, as a preparation for their responsibilities in the home and for service to the community;

**(2)** to direct and coordinate the Girl Scout movement in the United States and territories and possessions of the United States; and

**(3)** to fix and maintain standards for the movement that will inspire the rising generation with the highest ideals of character, patriotism, conduct, and attainment.

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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) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 80302 | 36:33 (words before 19th comma). | Mar. 16, 1950, ch. 62, § 3 (words before 19th comma), 64 Stat. 23. |