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title: "36 U.S.C. § 30901"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
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chapter_name: "BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 30901 - Organization

## Text

(a) Federal Charter.— Boy Scouts 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.

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1325.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 3090136:21.June 15, 1916, ch. 148, §§ 1, 2 (words before 2d comma), 39 Stat. 227.  36:22 (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.