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[CITE: 36USC30903]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
                   CHAPTER 309--BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
 
Sec. 30903. Governing body

    (a) Executive Board.--An executive board composed of citizens of the 
United States is the governing body of the corporation. The number, 
qualifications, and term of office of members of the board are as 
provided in the bylaws. A vacancy on the board shall be filled by a 
majority vote of the remaining members of the board.
    (b) Quorum.--The bylaws may prescribe the number of members of the 
board necessary for a quorum. That number may be less than a majority of 
the entire board.
    (c) Committees.--(1) The board, by resolution passed by a majority 
of the entire board, may designate 3 or more members of the board as an 
executive or governing committee. A majority of the committee is a 
quorum. The committee, to the extent provided in the resolution or 
bylaws, may--
        (A) exercise the powers of the executive board in managing the 
    activities of the corporation; and
        (B) authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to 
    papers that may require it.

    (2) The board, by majority vote of the entire board, may appoint 
other standing committees. The standing committees may exercise powers 
as provided in the bylaws.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1325.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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30903(a)..............................  36:25 (1st-4th sentences).       June 1
5, 1916, ch. 148, Sec.  5 (1st-
                                                                          5th, 
7th, 8th sentences), 39 Stat.
                                                                          228.
30903(b)..............................  36:25 (5th sentence).
30903(c)..............................  36:25 (7th, 8th sentences).
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    In subsection (a), the text of 36:25 (3d sentence) is omitted as 
executed and obsolete.
    In subsection (c)(1)(A), the words ``have and'' are omitted as 
unnecessary. The word ``activities'' is substituted for ``business 
affairs'' for consistency in the revised title.
    In subsection (c)(1)(B), the words ``have power to'' are omitted as 
unnecessary.
