HR 5872
110th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5872
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration
of the centennial of the Boy Scouts of America, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 22, 2008
Mr. SESSIONS (for himself, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr.
AKIN, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. ARCURI, Mr. BACA, Mrs. BACHMANN,
Mr. BACHUS, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland,
Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. BECERRA, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. BILIRAKIS,
Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mrs. BLACKBURN,
Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. BONNER, Mrs. BONO MACK, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. BOREN, Mr. BOUSTANY,
Mr. BOYD of Florida, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. BROUN
of Georgia, Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida,
Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. BUYER,
Mr. CALVERT, Mr. CAMP of Michigan, Mr. CAMPBELL of California, Mr. CANNON,
Mr. CANTOR, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. CARNAHAN, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. CHABOT,
Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. CLAY, Mr. COBLE, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. COOPER, Mr. COSTA, Mr.
COSTELLO, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. CROWLEY, Mrs. CUBIN, Mr. CULBERSON,
Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DAVID DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. DAVIS
of Kentucky, Mr. LINCOLN DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia, Mr.
DEAL of Georgia, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. DENT, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART
of Florida, Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. DICKS, Mr. DINGELL, Mr.
DONNELLY, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. DOYLE, Mrs. DRAKE, Mr. DREIER, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr.
EHLERS, Mr. ELLSWORTH, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania,
Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr. EVERETT, Ms. FALLIN, Mr. FEENEY, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. FLAKE,
Mr. FORBES, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. FORTUN.AE6O, Mr. FOSSELLA, Mr. FOSTER, Ms.
FOXX, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. GARRETT
of New Jersey, Mr. GERLACH, Mr. GILCHREST, Mr. GINGREY, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. GOODE,
Mr. GOODLATTE, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. GRAVES, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. HALL
of Texas, Mr. HAYES, Mr. HELLER of Nevada, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. HERGER, Mr.
HILL, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. HOBSON, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. HOLT, Mr. HULSHOF,
Mr. HUNTER, Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. ISSA, Mr. JACKSON
of Illinois, Mr. JEFFERSON, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON
of Georgia, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois, Mr. JONES of
North Carolina, Mr. JORDAN of Ohio, Mr. KANJORSKI, Mr. KELLER of Florida,
Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KIND, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. KING of Iowa,
Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. KIRK, Mr. KLINE of Minnesota, Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Mr. KUHL
of New York, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. LAMPSON, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. LARSEN
of Washington, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. LATHAM, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr.
LATTA, Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky,
Mr. LINDER, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of
California, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. MACK, Mr. MAHONEY of Florida, Mrs. MALONEY of New
York, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. MCCARTHY
of California, Mr. MCCAUL of Texas, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. MCCRERY, Mr. MCHENRY,
Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. MCKEON, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. MCNULTY,
Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. MICA, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. GARY G. MILLER
of California, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. MOLLOHAN, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr.
MORAN of Kansas, Mr. TIM MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. MURTHA, Mrs. MUSGRAVE,
Mrs. MYRICK, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr.
NUNES, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. OLVER, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. PAUL,
Mr. PEARCE, Mr. PENCE, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. PETRI,
Mr. PICKERING, Mr. PITTS, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. POE, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. PORTER, Mr.
PRICE of Georgia, Ms. PRYCE of Ohio, Mr. PUTNAM, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. RAMSTAD,
Mr. REGULA, Mr. REHBERG, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. RENZI, Mr. REYES, Mr. REYNOLDS,
Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. ROHRABACHER,
Mr. ROSKAM, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. ROSS, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr.
RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. SALI, Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of California,
Ms. HERSETH SANDLIN, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. SCHIFF, Mrs. SCHMIDT, Mr. SENSENBRENNER,
Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. SHULER, Mr. SHUSTER,
Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. SKELTON, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey,
Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. SNYDER, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. SPRATT,
Mr. STEARNS, Mr. STUPAK, Mr. SULLIVAN, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. TANCREDO, Mr. TAYLOR,
Mr. TERRY, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. THORNBERRY,
Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. TURNER, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. UDALL of New
Mexico, Mr. UPTON, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. WALDEN of Oregon, Mr.
WALSH of New York, Mr. WALZ of Minnesota, Mr. WAMP, Mr. WEINER, Mr. WELCH
of Vermont, Mr. WELDON of Florida, Mr. WELLER of Illinois, Mr. WESTMORELAND,
Mr. WHITFIELD of Kentucky, Mrs. WILSON of New Mexico, Mr. WILSON of South
Carolina, Mr. WOLF, Mr. WU, Mr. WYNN, Mr. YOUNG of Florida, and Mr. YOUNG
of Alaska) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Financial Services
A BILL
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration
of the centennial of the Boy Scouts of America, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Boy Scouts of America Centennial Commemorative
Coin Act'.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) The Boy Scouts of America will celebrate its centennial on February
8, 2010.
(2) The Boy Scouts of America is the largest youth organization in the United
States, with 3,000,000 youth members and 1,000,000 adult leaders in the
traditional programs of Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Venturing.
(3) Since 1910, more than 111,000,000 youth have participated in Scouting's
traditional programs.
(4) The Boy Scouts of America was granted a Federal charter in 1916 by an
Act of the 64th Congress which was signed into law by President Woodrow
Wilson.
(5) In the 110th Congress, 248 members of the House of Representative and
the Senate have participated in Boy Scouts of America as Scouts or adult
leaders.
(6) The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is `to prepare young people
to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in
them the values of the Scout Oath and Law'.
(7) Every day across our Nation, Scouts and their leaders pledge to live
up the promise in the Scout Oath--`On my honor I will do my best, To do
my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; To help other people
at all times; To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally
straight'--and the Scout Law, according to which a Scout is `Trustworthy,
Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty,
Brave, Clean, and Reverent'.
(8) In the past 4 years alone, Scouting youth and their leaders have volunteered
more than 6,500,000 hours of service to their communities through more than
75,000 service projects, benefiting food banks, local schools, and civic
organizations.
SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS.
(a) $1 Silver Coins- The Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter in this Act
referred to as the `Secretary') shall mint and issue not more than 350,000
$1 coins in commemoration of the centennial of the founding of the Boy Scouts
of America, each of which shall--
(2) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and
(3) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent copper.
(b) Legal Tender- The coins minted under this Act shall be legal tender, as
provided in section 5103 of title 31, United States Code.
(c) Numismatic Items- For purposes of sections 5134 and 5136 of title 31,
United States Code, all coins minted under this Act shall be considered to
be numismatic items.
SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS.
(1) IN GENERAL- The design of the coins minted under this Act shall be emblematic
of the 100 years of the largest youth organization in United States, the
Boy Scouts of America.
(2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS- On each coin minted under this Act, there
shall be--
(A) a designation of the value of the coin;
(B) an inscription of the year `2010'; and
(C) inscriptions of the words `Liberty', `In God We Trust', `United States
of America', and `E Pluribus Unum'.
(b) Selection- The design for the coins minted under this Act shall be--
(1) selected by the Secretary, after consultation with the Chief Scout Executive
of the Boy Scouts of America and the Commission of Fine Arts; and
(2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee.
SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS.
(a) Quality of Coins- Coins minted under this Act shall be issued in uncirculated
and proof qualities.
(b) Mint Facility- Only one facility of the United States Mint may be used
to strike any particular quality of the coins minted under this Act.
(c) Period for Issuance- The Secretary may issue coins under this Act only
on or after February 8, 2010, and before January 1, 2011.
SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS.
(a) Sale Price- The coins issued under this Act shall be sold by the Secretary
at a price equal to the sum of--
(1) the face value of the coins;
(2) the surcharge provided in section 7 with respect to such coins; and
(3) the cost of designing and issuing the coins (including labor, materials,
dies, use of machinery, overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping).
(b) Bulk Sales- The Secretary shall make bulk sales of the coins issued under
this Act at a reasonable discount.
(1) IN GENERAL- The Secretary shall accept prepaid orders for the coins
minted under this Act before the issuance of such coins.
(2) DISCOUNT- Sale prices with respect to prepaid orders under paragraph
(1) shall be at a reasonable discount.
SEC. 7. SURCHARGES.
(a) In General- All sales of coins issued under this Act shall include a surcharge
of $10 per coin.
(b) Distribution- Subject to section 5134(f) of title 31, United States Code,
all surcharges received by the Secretary from the sale of coins issued under
this Act shall be paid to the National Boy Scouts of America Foundation, which
funds will be made available to local councils in the form of grants for the
extension of Scouting in hard to serve areas.
(c) Audits- The Comptroller General of the United States shall have the right
to examine such books, records, documents, and other data of the National
Boy Scouts of America Foundation as may be related to the expenditures of
amounts paid under subsection (b).
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