Title 36, Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-102
§30106 Exclusive Right to Names, Seals, Emblems, and Badges
Title 36 › Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations › Part B — Organizations › CHAPTER 301 — BIG BROTHERS—BIG SISTERS OF AMERICA › § 30106
Summary
Grants the corporation and its branches sole use of Big Brothers/Big Sisters names and of seals, emblems, and badges they create.
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Title 36, §30106
Patriotic and National Observances, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The corporation and its subordinate divisions have the exclusive right to use the names “The Big Brothers of America, Big Sisters International, Incorporated”, “Big Sisters of America”, “Big Brothers”, “Big Sisters”, “Big Brothers—Big Sisters of America”, and “Big Sisters—Big Brothers”, and to use and to allow others to use seals, emblems, and badges the corporation adopts.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 3010636:895.Sept. 2, 1958, Pub. L. 85–870, § 15, 72 Stat. 1694; Nov. 11, 1977, Pub. L. 95–167, § 1(e), 91 Stat. 1347. The word “sole” is omitted as included in “exclusive”. The words “or refuse” are omitted as unnecessary. The words “the corporation adopts” are substituted for “as have heretofore been used by the predecessor New York corporation, Big Brothers of America, Incorporated, described in section 896(a) of this title, and by the District of Columbia corporation, Big Sisters International, Incorporated, described in section 896(b) of this title, and the right to which may be transferred to the corporation” for consistency in the revised title.
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36 U.S.C. § 30106
Title 36, Patriotic and National Observances
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102