---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 30901"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "30901"
heading: "Organization"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/30901"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 309 — Boy Scouts of America"
---

# §30901. Organization

- (a) **Federal Charter.—** Boy Scouts of America (in this chapter, the “[corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7)”) is a body corporate and politic of the District of Columbia.
- (b) **Domicile.—** The domicile of the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) is 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. 1325.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 30901 | 36:21. | 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.