---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 80306"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "80306"
heading: "Restrictions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/80306"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 803 — Girl Scouts of the United States of America"
---

# §80306. Restrictions

- (a) **Profit.—** The [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) may not operate for profit.
- (b) **Political Activities.—** The [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) shall be nonpolitical and nonsectarian.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1362.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 80306 | 36:33 (words after 19th comma). | Mar. 16, 1950, ch. 62, § 3 (words after 19th comma), 64 Stat. 23. |

In subsection (a), the word “pecuniary” is omitted as unnecessary.

In subsection (b), the words “The corporation shall be” are substituted for “which purposes shall be” for clarity and consistency in the revised title.