PUBLIC LAW 110–363—OCT. 8, 2008 122 STAT. 4015 

Public Law 110–363 

110th Congress 

An Act 

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. 

Boy Scouts of 

America 

Centennial 

Commemorative 

Coin Act. 

31 USC 5112 

note. 

Oct. 8, 2008 

[H.R. 5872] 


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122 STAT. 4016 PUBLIC LAW 110–363—OCT. 8, 2008 

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— 

(1) weigh 26.73 grams; 

(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. 

(a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 

(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 1 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. 

(c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 


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PUBLIC LAW 110–363—OCT. 8, 2008 122 STAT. 4017 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 5872: 

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 154 (2008): 

May 13, 15, considered and passed House. 

Sept. 27, considered and passed Senate. 

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(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). 

(d) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), no surcharge 

may be included with respect to the issuance under this Act of 

any coin during a calendar year if, as of the time of such issuance, 

the issuance of such coin would result in the number of commemorative coin programs issued during such year to exceed the annual 

2 commemorative coin program issuance limitation under section 

5112(m)(1) of title 31, United States Code (as in effect on the 

date of the enactment of this Act). The Secretary of the Treasury 

may issue guidance to carry out this subsection. 

Approved October 8, 2008. 


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