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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3712 

To authorize the minting of a coin in honor of the Centennial of Boys 

Town, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 28, 2012 

Mr. NELSON of Nebraska introduced the following bill; which was read twice 

and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

A BILL 

To authorize the minting of a coin in honor 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 Father Flanagan’s work spread 

9 worldwide with the success of the 1938 movie, ‘‘Boys 

10 Town’’; 

11 (5) after World War II, President Truman 

12 asked Father Flanagan to take his message to the 

13 world, and he traveled the globe visiting war orphans 

14 and advising government leaders on how to care for 

15 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 into Usher Syndrome; 

4 (9) each year, Boys Town programs impact the 

5 lives of more than 2,000,000 children and families 

6 across America; and 

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

8 Anniversary of Boys Town, Nebraska. 

9 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

10 (a) $1 SILVER COINS.—The Secretary of the Treas11 ury (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall mint 

12 and issue not more than 350,000 $1 coins in commemora13 tion of the centennial of the founding of Father 

14 Flanagan’s Boys Town, each of which shall— 

15 (1) weigh 26.73 grams; 

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

17 (3) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent 

18 copper. 

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

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

21 title 31, United States Code. 

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

23 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins 

24 minted under this Act shall be considered to be numis25 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 one of the largest nonprofit child care agencies in the 

5 United States, Boys Town. 

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 Executive Director of Boys Town and the 

17 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 1 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 2018. 

5 SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 

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

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

8 (1) the face value of the coins; 

9 (2) the surcharge provided in section 7 with re10 spect to such coins; and 

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

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

13 overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping). 

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

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

16 discount. 

17 (c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 

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

19 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 

20 before the issuance of such coins. 

21 (2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre22 paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea23 sonable discount. 


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1 SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 

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

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

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

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

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

7 shall be paid to Boys Town, which funds will be made 

8 available to promote and provide for the cause of Boys 

9 Town, to care and assist children and families in under10 served communities across America. 

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

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

13 documents, and other data of Father Flanagan’s Boys 

14 Town as may be related to the expenditures of amounts 

15 paid under subsection (b). 

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

17 no surcharge may be included with respect to the issuance 

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

19 of the time of such issuance, the issuance of such coin 

20 would result in the number of commemorative coin pro21 grams issued during such year to exceed the annual 2 

22 commemorative coin programs issuance limitation under 

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

24 effect on the date of enactment of this Act). The Secretary 

25 may issue guidance to carry out this subsection. 

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