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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 893 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 24, 2015 

Received 

AN ACT 

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins 

in commemoration of the centennial of Boys Town, and 

for other purposes. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Boys Town Centennial 

3 Commemorative Coin Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 Congress finds that— 

6 (1) Boys Town is a nonprofit organization dedi7 cated to saving children and healing families, nation8 ally headquartered in the village of Boys Town, Ne9 braska; 

10 (2) Father Flanagan’s Boys Home, known as 

11 ‘‘Boys Town’’, was founded on December 12, 1917, 

12 by Servant of God Father Edward Flanagan; 

13 (3) Boys Town was created to serve children of 

14 all races and religions; 

15 (4) news of the work of Father Flanagan 

16 spread worldwide with the success of the 1938 

17 movie, ‘‘Boys Town’’; 

18 (5) after World War II, President Truman 

19 asked Father Flanagan to take his message to the 

20 world, and Father Flanagan traveled the globe vis21 iting war orphans and advising government leaders 

22 on how to care for displaced children; 

23 (6) Boys Town has grown exponentially, and 

24 now provides care to children and families across the 

25 country in 11 regions, including California, Nevada, 

26 Texas, Nebraska, Iowa, Louisiana, North Florida, 


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1 Central Florida, South Florida, Washington, DC, 

2 New York, and New England; 

3 (7) the Boys Town National Hotline provides 

4 counseling to more than 150,000 callers each year; 

5 (8) the Boys Town National Research Hospital 

6 is a national leader in the field of hearing care and 

7 research of Usher Syndrome; 

8 (9) Boys Town programs impact the lives of 

9 more than 2 million children and families across 

10 America each year; and 

11 (10) December 12th, 2017, will mark the 100th 

12 anniversary of Boys Town, Nebraska. 

13 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

14 (a) $5 GOLD COINS.—The Secretary of the Treasury 

15 (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall mint and 

16 issue not more than 50,000 $5 coins in commemoration 

17 of the centennial of the founding of Father Flanagan’s 

18 Boys Town, each of which shall— 

19 (1) weigh 8.359 grams; 

20 (2) have a diameter of 0.850 inches; and 

21 (3) contain 90 percent gold and 10 percent 

22 alloy. 

23 (b) $1 SILVER COINS.—The Secretary shall mint and 

24 issue not more than 350,000 $1 coins in commemoration 


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1 of the centennial of the founding of Father Flanagan’s 

2 Boys Town, each of which shall— 

3 (1) weigh 26.73 grams; 

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

5 (3) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent 

6 copper. 

7 (c) HALF DOLLAR CLAD COINS.—The Secretary 

8 shall mint and issue not more than 300,000 half dollar 

9 clad coins in commemoration of the centennial of the 

10 founding of Father Flanagan’s Boys Town, each of which 

11 shall— 

12 (1) weigh 11.34 grams; 

13 (2) have a diameter of 1.205 inches; and 

14 (3) be minted to the specifications for half dol15 lar coins contained in section 5112(b) of title 31, 

16 United States Code. 

17 (d) LEGAL TENDER.—The coins minted under this 

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

19 title 31, United States Code. 

20 (e) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of sections 

21 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins 

22 minted under this Act shall be considered to be numis23 matic items. 


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1 SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The design of the coins minted 

3 under this Act shall be emblematic of the 100 years of 

4 Boys Town, one of the largest nonprofit child care agen5 cies in the United States. 

6 (b) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On each coin 

7 minted under this Act, there shall be— 

8 (1) a designation of the value of the coin; 

9 (2) an inscription of the year ‘‘2017’’; and 

10 (3) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, ‘‘In 

11 God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of America’’, and 

12 ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 

13 (c) SELECTION.—The design for the coins minted 

14 under this Act shall be— 

15 (1) selected by the Secretary, after consultation 

16 with the National Executive Director of Boys Town 

17 and the Commission of Fine Arts; and 

18 (2) reviewed by the Citizens of Coinage Advi19 sory Committee. 

20 SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

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

22 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 

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

24 States Mint may be used to strike any particular quality 

25 of the coins minted under this Act. 


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

2 issue coins under this Act only during the period begin3 ning on January 1, 2017, and ending on December 31, 

4 2017. 

5 SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 

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

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

8 of— 

9 (1) the face value of the coins; and 

10 (2) the cost of designing and issuing the coins 

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

12 overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping). 

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

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

15 discount. 

16 (c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 

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

18 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 

19 before the issuance of such coins. 

20 (2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre21 paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea22 sonable discount. 

23 SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 

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

25 Act shall include a surcharge as follows: 


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1 (1) A surcharge of $35 per coin for the $5 coin. 

2 (2) A surcharge of $10 per coin for the $1 coin. 

3 (3) A surcharge of $5 per coin for the half dol4 lar coin. 

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

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

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

8 shall be paid to Boys Town to carry out Boys Town’s 

9 cause of caring for and assisting children and families in 

10 underserved communities across America. 

11 (c) AUDITS.—Boys Town shall be subject to the audit 

12 requirements of section 5134(f)(2) of title 31, United 

13 States Code, with regard to the amounts received under 

14 subsection (b). 

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

16 no surcharge may be included with respect to the issuance 

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

18 of the time of such issuance, the issuance of such coin 

19 would result in the number of commemorative coin pro20 grams issued during such year to exceed the annual two 

21 commemorative coin program issuance limitation under 

22 section 5112(m)(1) of title 31, United States Code (as in 

23 effect on the date of the enactment of this Act). The Sec24 retary of the Treasury may issue guidance to carry out 

25 this subsection. 


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1 SEC. 8. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES. 

2 The Secretary shall take such actions as may be nec3 essary to ensure that— 

4 (1) minting and issuing coins under this Act 

5 will not result in any net cost to the Federal Govern6 ment; and 

7 (2) no funds, including applicable surcharges, 

8 shall be disbursed to any recipient designated in sec9 tion 7 until the total cost of designing and issuing 

10 all of the coins authorized by this Act (including 

11 labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead ex12 penses, marketing, and shipping) is recovered by the 

13 United States Treasury, consistent with sections 

14 5112(m) and 5134(f) of title 31, United States 

15 Code. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 23, 2015. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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