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title: "36 U.S.C. § 31102"
description: "Purposes"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "311"
chapter_name: "BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA"
section: "31102"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 31102"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 31102 - Purposes

## Text

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.

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1327.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 3110236:693.Aug. 6, 1956, ch. 976, § 3, 70 Stat. 1052; Dec. 10, 1991, Pub. L. 102–199, § 1(3), 105 Stat. 1628.