---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 30906"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "30906"
heading: "Restrictions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/30906"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 309 — Boy Scouts of America"
---

# §30906. Restrictions

- (a) **Profit.—** The [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) may not operate for pecuniary profit to its members.
- (b) **Stocks and Dividends.—** The [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) may not issue stock or declare or pay a dividend.

## Source credit

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

## Notes

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