{"data":{"id":"us/36-u.s.c.-30902","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"36 U.S.C. § 30902","heading":"Purposes","body":"The purposes of the corporation are to promote, through organization, and cooperation with other agencies, the ability of boys to do things for themselves and others, to train them in scoutcraft, and to teach them patriotism, courage, self-reliance, and kindred virtues, using the methods that were in common use by boy scouts on June 15, 1916.","path":["Title 36—PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS","CHAPTER 309—BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc36@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:59:24Z","sha256":"5f2720d66dfc18f81389e565675579e6aafdd52c25691d2d5b98a947605d793a","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/36-u.s.c.-30901","next":"us/36-u.s.c.-30903"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}