---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 30902"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "30902"
heading: "Purposes"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/30902"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 309 — Boy Scouts of America"
---

# §30902. Purposes


The purposes of the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) 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.


## 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) |
| 30902 | 36:23. | June 15, 1916, ch. 148, § 3, 39 Stat. 228. |