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[CITE: 36USC80304]

 
     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. 80304. Powers

    The corporation may--
        (1) adopt and amend a constitution, bylaws, and regulations, 
    including regulations for the election of associates and successors;
        (2) adopt and alter a seal;
        (3) have offices and conduct its activities in the District of 
    Columbia and in the States, territories, and possessions of the 
    United States;
        (4) acquire, own, lease, encumber, and transfer property, and 
    use any income from the property, as necessary to carry out the 
    purposes of the corporation;
        (5) sue and be sued within the jurisdiction of the United 
    States; and
        (6) do any other act necessary to carry out this chapter and the 
    purposes of the corporation.

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

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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80304.................................  36:32 (words after 2d comma).    Mar. 1
6, 1950, ch. 62, Secs.  2 (words
                                                                          after
 2d comma), 8, 64 Stat. 23, 24.
                                        36:34 (last sentence).           Mar. 1
6, 1950, ch. 62, Sec.  4 (last
                                                                          sente
nce), 64 Stat. 23; Aug. 14, 1953,
                                                                          ch. 4
86, Sec.  1, 67 Stat. 582.
                                        36:38.
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    In this section, the text of 36:38 is omitted as executed and 
obsolete.
    In clause (1), the word ``amend'' is substituted for ``and from time 
to time to alter such constitution, bylaws, rules, and regulations'' for 
consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary words. The 
word ``rules'' is omitted as included in ``regulations''. The words 
``not inconsistent with the laws of the United States, or any State 
thereof'' are omitted as unnecessary.
    In clause (2), the word ``destroy'' is omitted as unnecessary and 
for consistency in the revised title.
    In clause (3), the word ``activities'' is substituted for ``business 
and affairs'' for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate 
unnecessary words.
    In clause (4), the words ``acquire, own, lease, encumber, and 
transfer property, and use any income from the property, as necessary to 
carry out the purposes of the corporation'' are substituted for ``take, 
receive, and hold, in trust or otherwise, and to sell and convey real 
and personal property necessary for its corporate purposes, and other 
real and personal property, the income from which shall be applied to 
its corporate purposes'' in 36:32 and ``authorize and cause to be 
executed leases, mortgages, and liens upon, and sales and conveyances 
of, any of the property of the corporation; and the proceeds arising 
therefrom shall be applied or invested for the use and benefit of the 
corporation'' in 36:34 (last sentence) for consistency in the revised 
title and to eliminate unnecessary words.
    In clause (5), the words ``in courts of law and equity'' are omitted 
as unnecessary.
