36 U.S.C. § 30902
Section 30902 · Purposes
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Barnes-Wallace v. City of San Diego (2008)
Most recently applied in 329 F. Supp. 3d 1168 - Doe v. Boy Scouts of Am. (August 2018)
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The purposes of the corporation 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.