Title 36, Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-102
§30102 Purposes
Title 36 › Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations › Part B — Organizations › CHAPTER 301 — BIG BROTHERS—BIG SISTERS OF AMERICA › § 30102
Summary
Help people nationwide with social, economic, health, educational, and character needs. Teach its methods to other groups and professionals, and accept, invest, and use money and property to do this work.
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Title 36, §30102
Patriotic and National Observances, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The purposes of the corporation are—
(1)to assist individuals throughout the United States in solving their social and economic problems and in their health and educational and character development;
(2)to promote the use, by other lay and professional agencies and workers, of the techniques of that assistance developed by the corporation; and
(3)to receive, invest, and disburse funds and hold property for the purposes of the corporation.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 3010236:883.Sept. 2, 1958, Pub. L. 85–870, § 3, 72 Stat. 1691; Nov. 11, 1977, Pub. L. 95–167, § 1(b), 91 Stat. 1347. In clause (1), the words “aid” and “of America” are omitted as unnecessary. Clause (2) is substituted for “to promote the use of the techniques of such assistance developed by the corporation, by other lay and professional agencies and workers” for clarity.
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Citation
36 U.S.C. § 30102
Title 36, Patriotic and National Observances
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102