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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1299 

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration 

of the centennial of the establishment of Lions Clubs International. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 29, 2011 

Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mr. LUGAR, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. BURR, and Mr. 

BROWN of Massachusetts) introduced the following bill; which was read 

twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 

Affairs 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins 

in commemoration of the centennial of the establishment 

of Lions Clubs International. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lions Clubs Inter5 national Century of Service Commemorative Coin Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds as follows: 

8 (1) Lions Clubs International is the world’s 

9 largest service club organization founded in 1917 by 


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1 Chicago business leader Melvin Jones. Lions Clubs 

2 International empowers volunteers to serve their 

3 communities, meet humanitarian needs, encourage 

4 peace and promote international understanding 

5 through Lions clubs. 

6 (2) Today, Lions Clubs International has over 

7 1.35 million members in more than 45,000 clubs 

8 globally, extending its mission of service throughout 

9 the world every day. 

10 (3) In 1945, Lions Clubs International became 

11 one of the first nongovernmental organizations in12 vited to assist in drafting the United Nations Char13 ter and has enjoyed a special relationship with the 

14 United Nations ever since. 

15 (4) In 1968, Lions Clubs International Founda16 tion was established to assist with global and large17 scale local humanitarian projects and has since then 

18 awarded more than $700 million to fund five unique 

19 areas of service: preserving sight, combating dis20 ability, promoting health, serving youth and pro21 viding disaster relief. 

22 (5) In 1990, the Lions Clubs International 

23 Foundation launched the SightFirst program to 

24 build comprehensive eye care systems to fight the 

25 major causes of blindness and care for the blind or 


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1 visually impaired. Thanks to the generosity of Lions 

2 worldwide, over $415 million has been raised, result3 ing in the prevention of serious vision loss in 30 mil4 lion people and improved eye care for hundreds of 

5 millions of people. 

6 (6) On June 7, 2017, Lions Clubs International 

7 will celebrate 100 years of community service to 

8 men, women, and children in need throughout the 

9 world. 

10 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

11 (a) $1 SILVER COINS.—The Secretary of the Treas12 ury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 

13 shall mint and issue not more than 400,000 $1 coins in 

14 commemoration of the centennial of the founding of the 

15 Lions Clubs International, each of which shall— 

16 (1) weigh 26.73 grams; 

17 (2) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 

18 (3) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent 

19 copper. 

20 (b) LEGAL TENDER.—The coins minted under this 

21 Act shall be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of 

22 title 31, United States Code. 

23 (c) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of sections 

24 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins 


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1 minted under this Act shall be considered to be numis2 matic items. 

3 SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 

4 (a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The design of the coins 

6 minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 

7 centennial of the Lions Clubs International. 

8 (2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On 

9 each coin minted under this Act, there shall be— 

10 (A) a designation of the value of the coin; 

11 (B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2017’’; and 

12 (C) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, 

13 ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer14 ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 

15 (b) SELECTION.—The design for the coins minted 

16 under this Act shall be— 

17 (1) chosen by the Secretary after consultation 

18 with Lions Clubs International Special Centennial 

19 Planning Committee and the Commission of Fine 

20 Arts; and 

21 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 

22 Committee. 

23 SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

24 (a) QUALITY OF COINS.—Coins minted under this 

25 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 


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1 (b) MINT FACILITY.—Only one facility of the United 

2 States Mint may be used to strike any particular quality 

3 of the coins minted under this Act. 

4 (c) PERIOD FOR ISSUANCE.—The Secretary may 

5 issue coins under this Act only during the calendar year 

6 beginning on January 1, 2017. 

7 SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 

8 (a) SALE PRICE.—The coins issued under this Act 

9 shall be sold by the Secretary at a price equal to the sum 

10 of— 

11 (1) the face value of the coins; 

12 (2) the surcharge provided in section 7 with re13 spect to such coins; and 

14 (3) the cost of designing and issuing the coins 

15 (including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, 

16 overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping). 

17 (b) BULK SALES.—The Secretary shall make bulk 

18 sales of the coins issued under this Act at a reasonable 

19 discount. 

20 (c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall accept 

22 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 

23 before the issuance of such coins. 


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1 (2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre2 paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea3 sonable discount. 

4 SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—All sales of coins issued under this 

6 Act shall include a surcharge of $10 per coin. 

7 (b) DISTRIBUTION.—Subject to section 5134(f) of 

8 title 31, United States Code, all surcharges received by 

9 the Secretary from the sale of coins issued under this Act 

10 shall be promptly paid by the Secretary to the Lions Clubs 

11 International Foundation for the purposes of— 

12 (1) furthering its programs for the blind and 

13 visually impaired in the United States and abroad; 

14 (2) investing in adaptive technologies for the 

15 disabled; and 

16 (3) investing in youth and those affected by a 

17 major disaster. 

18 (c) AUDITS.—The Comptroller General of the United 

19 States shall have the right to examine such books, records, 

20 documents, and other data of the Lions Clubs Inter21 national Foundation as may be related to the expenditures 

22 of amounts paid under subsection (b). 

23 (d) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), 

24 no surcharge may be included with respect to the issuance 

25 under this Act of any coin during a calendar year if, as 


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1 of the time of such issuance, the issuance of such coin 

2 would result in the number of commemorative coin pro3 grams issued during such year to exceed the annual 2 

4 commemorative coin program issuance limitation under 

5 section 5112(m)(1) of title 31, United States Code. The 

6 Secretary may issue guidance to carry out this subsection. 

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