---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 30101"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "30101"
heading: "Organization"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/30101"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 301 — Big Brothers—big Sisters of America"
---

# §30101. Organization

- (a) **Federal Charter.—** Big Brothers—Big Sisters of America (in this chapter, the “[corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7)”) is a federally chartered [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7).
- (b) **Place of Incorporation and Domicile.—** The [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) is declared to be incorporated and domiciled in the District of Columbia.
- (c) **Perpetual Existence.—** Except as otherwise provided, the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) has perpetual existence.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1314.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 30101 | 36:881. | Sept. 2, 1958, Pub. L. 85–870, § 1, 72 Stat. 1691; Nov. 11, 1977, Pub. L. 95–167, § 1(a), 91 Stat. 1347. |
|  | 36:882. | Sept. 2, 1958, Pub. L. 85–870, §§ 2, 4(1), 72 Stat. 1691. |
|  | 36:884(1). |  |

This section is substituted for the source provisions for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate executed and unnecessary words. The text of 36:881(b) is omitted as unnecessary because of the restatement.

The text of 36:882 is omitted as executed and obsolete.