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[CITE: 36USC80303]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
        CHAPTER 803--GIRL SCOUTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
 
Sec. 80303. Governing body

    (a) National Council.--(1) There shall be a National Council of Girl 
Scouts. The number, qualifications, and term of office of members of the 
Council are as provided in the constitution of the corporation, except 
that members of the Council must be citizens of the United States.
    (2) The Council may adopt and amend a constitution and bylaws and 
elect a board of directors, officers, and agents.
    (3) The constitution may prescribe the number of members of the 
Council necessary for a quorum. That number may be less than a majority 
of the entire Council.
    (4) Meetings of the Council shall be held as provided in the 
constitution to hold elections and receive reports of the officers and 
board of directors. Special meetings may be called as provided in the 
constitution.
    (b) Board of Directors.--(1) To the extent provided in the 
constitution and bylaws, the board of directors shall have the powers of 
the Council and manage the activities of the corporation between 
meetings of the Council. The number, qualifications, and term of office 
of directors are as provided in the constitution.
    (2) The constitution may prescribe the number of directors necessary 
for a quorum. That number shall be at least 20 or two-fifths of the 
entire board.
    (c) Executive and Other Committees.--The bylaws may provide for--
        (1) an executive committee to carry out the powers of the board 
    of directors between meetings of the board; and
        (2) other committees to operate under the general supervision of 
    the board of directors.

    (d) Location of Meetings and Records.--The Council and the board of 
directors may hold meetings and keep the seal and records of the 
corporation in or outside the District of Columbia.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1361.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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80303(a)(1)...........................  36:34 (1st sentence words        Mar. 1
6, 1950, ch. 62, Secs.  4 (1st-
                                         before 1st comma, 2d             7th s
entences), 5, 64 Stat. 23, 24;
                                         sentence).                       Aug. 
14, 1953, ch. 486, Sec.  1, 67
                                                                          Stat.
 582.
80303(a)(2)...........................  36:34 (1st sentence words after
                                         1st comma).
80303(a)(3)...........................  36:34 (3d sentence).
80303(a)(4)...........................  36:35 (1st, 2d sentences).
80303(b)(1)...........................  36:34 (4th sentence words
                                         before 1st comma, 5th, 7th
                                         sentences).
80303(b)(2)...........................  36:34 (6th sentence).
80303(c)..............................  36:34 (4th sentence words after
                                         1st comma).
80303(d)..............................  36:35 (last sentence).
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    In subsection (a)(1), the words ``(hereinafter referred to as the 
`national council')'' are omitted as unnecessary.
    In subsection (a)(3), the words ``entire Council'' are substituted 
for ``whole number'' for clarity.
    In subsection (b)(1), the first sentence is substituted for ``The 
affairs of the corporation between meetings of the national council 
shall be managed by a board of directors'' and ``The board of directors, 
to the extent provided in the constitution and bylaws, shall have the 
powers of the national council, in the interim between its meetings'' to 
eliminate unnecessary words.
