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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 893 

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

of the centennial of Boys Town, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 11, 2015 

Mr. FORTENBERRY (for himself, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, and Mr. ASHFORD) 

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 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Commemorative Coin Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds that— 

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1 ally headquartered in the village of Boys Town, Ne2 braska; 

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

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

5 by Servant of God Father Edward Flanagan; 

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

7 all races and religions; 

8 (4) news of the work of Father Flanagan 

9 spread worldwide with the success of the 1938 

10 movie, ‘‘Boys Town’’; 

11 (5) after World War II, President Truman 

12 asked Father Flanagan to take his message to the 

13 world, and Father Flanagan traveled the globe vis14 iting war orphans and advising government leaders 

15 on how to care for displaced children; 

16 (6) Boys Town has grown exponentially, and 

17 now provides care to children and families across the 

18 country in 11 regions, including California, Nevada, 

19 Texas, Nebraska, Iowa, Louisiana, North Florida, 

20 Central Florida, South Florida, Washington, DC, 

21 New York, and New England; 

22 (7) the Boys Town National Hotline provides 

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


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1 (8) the Boys Town National Research Hospital 

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

3 research of Usher Syndrome; 

4 (9) Boys Town programs impact the lives of 

5 more than 2,000,000 children and families across 

6 America each year; and 

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

8 anniversary of Boys Town, Nebraska. 

9 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

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

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

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

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

14 Boys Town, each of which shall— 

15 (1) weigh 8.359 grams; 

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

17 (3) contain 90 percent gold and 10 percent 

18 alloy. 

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

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

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

22 Boys Town, each of which shall— 

23 (1) weigh 26.73 grams; 

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


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1 (3) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent 

2 copper. 

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

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

5 clad coins in commemoration of the centennial of the 

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

7 shall— 

8 (1) weigh 11.34 grams; 

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

10 (3) be minted to the specifications for half dol11 lar coins contained in section 5112(b) of title 31, 

12 United States Code. 

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

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

15 title 31, United States Code. 

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

17 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins 

18 minted under this Act shall be considered to be numis19 matic items. 

20 SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 

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

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

23 Boys Town, one of the largest nonprofit child care agen24 cies in the United States. 


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

2 minted under this Act, there shall be— 

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

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

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

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

7 ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 

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

9 under this Act shall be— 

10 (1) selected by the Secretary, after consultation 

11 with the National Executive Director of Boys Town 

12 and the Commission of Fine Arts; and 

13 (2) reviewed by the Citizens of Coinage Advi14 sory Committee. 

15 SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

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

17 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 

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

19 States Mint may be used to strike any particular quality 

20 of the coins minted under this Act. 

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

22 issue coins under this Act only during the period begin23 ning on January 1, 2017, and ending on December 31, 

24 2017. 


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1 SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 

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

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

4 of— 

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

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

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

8 overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping). 

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

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

11 discount. 

12 (c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 

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

14 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 

15 before the issuance of such coins. 

16 (2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre17 paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea18 sonable discount. 

19 SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 

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

21 Act shall include a surcharge as follows: 

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

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

24 (3) A surcharge of $5 per coin for the half dol25 lar coin. 


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

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

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

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

5 cause of caring for and assisting children and families in 

6 underserved communities across America. 

7 SEC. 8. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES. 

8 The Secretary shall take such actions as may be nec9 essary to ensure that— 

10 (1) minting and issuing coins under this Act 

11 will not result in any net cost to the Federal Govern12 ment; and 

13 (2) no funds, including applicable surcharges, 

14 shall be disbursed to any recipient designated in sec15 tion 7 until the total cost of designing and issuing 

16 all of the coins authorized by this Act (including 

17 labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead ex18 penses, marketing, and shipping) is recovered by the 

19 United States Treasury, consistent with sections 

20 5112(m) and 5134(f) of title 31, United States 

21 Code. 

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