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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2139 

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

of the centennial of the establishment of Lions Clubs International. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 3, 2011 

Mr. ROSKAM (for himself, Mr. KISSELL, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. BONNER, Mr. 

BRADY of Pennsylvania, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. COBLE, Mr. DAVIS

of Illinois, Mr. DOLD, Mr. GERLACH, Ms. HAYWORTH, Mr. HINCHEY, 

Mr. HULTGREN, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. JOHNSON of 

Georgia, Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois, Mr. JONES, Mr. KING of New York, 

Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. PRICE

of North Carolina, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. RUSH, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, 

Mr. SCHOCK, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. TONKO, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. TURNER, 

Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. WALSH of Illinois, Mr. WOLF, and Mr. QUIGLEY) 

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 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’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 The Congress finds as follows: 

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

4 largest service club organization founded in 1917 by 

5 Chicago business leader Melvin Jones. Lions Clubs 

6 International empowers volunteers to serve their 

7 communities, meet humanitarian needs, encourage 

8 peace and promote international understanding 

9 through Lions clubs. 

10 (2) Today, Lions Clubs International has over 

11 1.35 million members in more than 45,000 clubs 

12 globally, extending its mission of service throughout 

13 the world every day. 

14 (3) In 1945, Lions Clubs International became 

15 one of the first nongovernmental organizations in16 vited to assist in drafting the United Nations Char17 ter and has enjoyed a special relationship with the 

18 United Nations ever since. 

19 (4) In 1968, Lions Clubs International Founda20 tion was established to assist with global and large21 scale local humanitarian projects and has since then 

22 awarded more than $700 million to fund five unique 

23 areas of service: preserving sight, combating dis24 ability, promoting health, serving youth and pro25 viding disaster relief. 


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1 (5) In 1990, the Lions Clubs International 

2 Foundation launched the SightFirst program to 

3 build comprehensive eye care systems to fight the 

4 major causes of blindness and care for the blind or 

5 visually impaired. Thanks to the generosity of Lions 

6 worldwide, over $415 million has been raised, result7 ing in the prevention of serious vision loss in 30 mil8 lion people and improved eye care for hundreds of 

9 millions of people. 

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

11 will celebrate 100 years of community service to 

12 men, women, and children in need throughout the 

13 world. 

14 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

15 (a) $1 SILVER COINS.—The Secretary of the Treas16 ury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 

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

18 commemoration of the centennial of the founding of the 

19 Lions Clubs International, each of which shall— 

20 (1) weigh 26.73 grams; 

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

22 (3) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent 

23 copper. 


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

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

3 title 31, United States Code. 

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

5 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins 

6 minted under this Act shall be considered to be numis7 matic items. 

8 SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 

9 (a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 

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

11 minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 

12 centennial of the Lions Clubs International. 

13 (2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On 

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

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

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

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

18 ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer19 ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 

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

21 under this Act shall be— 

22 (1) chosen by the Secretary after consultation 

23 with Lions Clubs International Special Centennial 

24 Planning Committee and the Commission of Fine 

25 Arts; and 


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1 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 

2 Committee. 

3 SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

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

5 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 

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

7 States Mint may be used to strike any particular quality 

8 of the coins minted under this Act. 

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

10 issue coins under this Act only during the calendar year 

11 beginning on January 1, 2017. 

12 SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 

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

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

15 of— 

16 (1) the face value of the coins; 

17 (2) the surcharge provided in section 7 with re18 spect to such coins; and 

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

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

21 overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping). 

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

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

24 discount. 

25 (c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 


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

2 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 

3 before the issuance of such coins. 

4 (2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre5 paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea6 sonable discount. 

7 SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

14 International Foundation for the purposes of— 

15 (1) furthering its programs for the blind and 

16 visually impaired in the United States and abroad; 

17 (2) investing in adaptive technologies for the 

18 disabled; and 

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

20 major disaster. 

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

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

23 documents, and other data of the Lions Clubs Inter24 national Foundation as may be related to the expenditures 

25 of amounts paid under subsection (b). 


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

2 no surcharge may be included with respect to the issuance 

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

4 of the time of such issuance, the issuance of such coin 

5 would result in the number of commemorative coin pro6 grams issued during such year to exceed the annual 2 

7 commemorative coin program issuance limitation under 

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

9 Secretary may issue guidance to carry out this subsection. 

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