H. R. 893 

One Hundred Fourteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE FIRST SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 

the sixth day of January, two thousand and fifteen 

An Act 

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

centennial of Boys Town, 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 ‘‘Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Act’’. 

SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

Congress finds that— 

(1) Boys Town is a nonprofit organization dedicated to 

saving children and healing families, nationally headquartered 

in the village of Boys Town, Nebraska; 

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

was founded on December 12, 1917, by Servant of God Father 

Edward Flanagan; 

(3) Boys Town was created to serve children of all races 

and religions; 

(4) news of the work of Father Flanagan spread worldwide 

with the success of the 1938 movie, ‘‘Boys Town’’; 

(5) after World War II, President Truman asked Father 

Flanagan to take his message to the world, and Father 

Flanagan traveled the globe visiting war orphans and advising 

government leaders on how to care for displaced children; 

(6) Boys Town has grown exponentially, and now provides 

care to children and families across the country in 11 regions, 

including California, Nevada, Texas, Nebraska, Iowa, Louisiana, North Florida, Central Florida, South Florida, Washington, DC, New York, and New England; 

(7) the Boys Town National Hotline provides counseling 

to more than 150,000 callers each year; 

(8) the Boys Town National Research Hospital is a national 

leader in the field of hearing care and research of Usher Syndrome; 

(9) Boys Town programs impact the lives of more than 

2 million children and families across America each year; and 

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

of Boys Town, Nebraska. 

SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

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

to in this Act as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall mint and issue not more 
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than 50,000 $5 coins in commemoration of the centennial of the 

founding of Father Flanagan’s Boys Town, each of which shall— 

(1) weigh 8.359 grams; 

(2) have a diameter of 0.850 inches; and 

(3) contain 90 percent gold and 10 percent alloy. (b) $1 SILVER COINS.—The Secretary shall mint and issue not more than 350,000 $1 coins in commemoration of the centennial 

of the founding of Father Flanagan’s Boys Town, 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. 

(c) HALF DOLLAR CLAD COINS.—The Secretary shall mint and 

issue not more than 300,000 half dollar clad coins in commemoration 

of the centennial of the founding of Father Flanagan’s Boys Town, 

each of which shall— 

(1) weigh 11.34 grams; 

(2) have a diameter of 1.205 inches; and 

(3) be minted to the specifications for half dollar coins 

contained in section 5112(b) of title 31, United States Code. 

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

be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of title 31, United 

States Code. 

(e) 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) IN GENERAL.—The design of the coins minted under this 

Act shall be emblematic of the 100 years of Boys Town, one of 

the largest nonprofit child care agencies in the United States. 

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

under this Act, there shall be— 

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

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

(3) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, ‘‘In God We Trust’’, 

‘‘United States of America’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 

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

Act shall be— 

(1) selected by the Secretary, after consultation with the 

National Executive Director of Boys Town and the Commission 

of Fine Arts; and 

(2) reviewed by the Citizens of 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 during the period beginning on January 1, 2017, 

and ending on December 31, 2017. 

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

(2) 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.— 

(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 as follows: 

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

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

(3) A surcharge of $5 per coin for the half dollar 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 Boys Town 

to carry out Boys Town’s cause of caring for and assisting children 

and families in underserved communities across America. 

(c) AUDITS.—Boys Town shall be subject to the audit requirements of section 5134(f)(2) of title 31, United States Code, with 

regard to the amounts received 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 

two 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. 

SEC. 8. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES. 

The Secretary shall take such actions as may be necessary 

to ensure that— 

(1) minting and issuing coins under this Act will not result 

in any net cost to the Federal Government; and 

(2) no funds, including applicable surcharges, shall be disbursed to any recipient designated in section 7 until the total 

cost of designing and issuing all of the coins authorized by 

this Act (including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, 

overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping) is recovered by 
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the United States Treasury, consistent with sections 5112(m) 

and 5134(f) of title 31, United States Code. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.