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36 U.S.C. 30906: RestrictionsText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 36-PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONSCHAPTER 309-BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
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§30906. Restrictions

(a)  Profit.⁠—The corporation may not operate for pecuniary profit to its members.

(b)  Stocks and Dividends.⁠—The corporation may not issue stock or declare or pay a dividend.

( Pub. L. 105–225 , Aug. 12, 1998 , 112 Stat. 1326 .)

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30906

36:24 (words after semicolon).

June 15, 1916, ch. 148, § 4 (words after semicolon), 39 Stat. 228.

The words “certificates of” and “its object and purposes being solely of a benevolent character” are omitted as unnecessary.