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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 621 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 14, 2009 

Received 

AN ACT 

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins 

in commemoration of the centennial of the establishment 

of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America. 

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 ‘‘Girl Scouts USA Cen3 tennial Commemorative Coin Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 The Congress find as follows: 

6 (1) The Girl Scouts of the United States of 

7 America is the world’s preeminent organization dedi8 cated solely to girls where they build character and 

9 skills for success in the real world. 

10 (2) In 1911, Juliette Gordon Low met Sir Rob11 ert Baden-Powell, a war hero and the founder of the 

12 Boy Scouts. 

13 (3) With Baden-Powell’s help and encourage14 ment, Juliette Gordon Low made plans to start a 

15 similar association for American girls. 

16 (4) On March 12, 1912, Juliette Gordon Low 

17 organized the first 2 Girl Scout Troops in Savannah, 

18 Georgia consisting of 18 members. 

19 (5) Low devoted the next 15 years of her life 

20 to building the organization, which would become 

21 the largest voluntary association for women and girls 

22 in the United States. 

23 (6) Low drafted the Girl Scout laws, supervised 

24 the writing of the first handbook in 1913, and pro25 vided most of the financial support for the organiza26 tion during its early years. 


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1 (7) The Girl Scouts of the United States of 

2 America was chartered by the United States Con3 gress in 1950 in title 36, United States Code. 

4 (8) Today there are more than 3,700,000 mem5 bers in 236,000 troops throughout the United States 

6 and United States territories. 

7 (9) Through membership in the World Associa8 tion of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, Girls Scouts of 

9 the United States of America is part of a worldwide 

10 family of 10,000,000 girls and adults in 145 coun11 tries. 

12 (10) More than 50,000,000 American women 

13 enjoyed Girl Scouting during their childhood—and 

14 that number continues to grow as Girl Scouts of the 

15 United States of America continues to inspire, chal16 lenge, and empower girls everywhere. 

17 (11) March 12, 2012 will mark the 100th Anni18 versary of the Girl Scouts of the United States of 

19 America. 

20 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

21 (a) $1 SILVER COINS.—The Secretary of the Treas22 ury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 

23 shall mint and issue not more than 350,000 $1 coins in 

24 commemoration of the centennial of the Girl Scouts of the 

25 USA, each of which shall— 


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1 (1) weigh 26.73 grams; 

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

3 (3) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent 

4 copper. 

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

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

7 title 31, United States Code. 

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

9 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins 

10 minted under this Act shall be considered to be numis11 matic items. 

12 SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 

13 (a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 

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

15 minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 

16 centennial of the Girl Scouts of the United States of 

17 America. 

18 (2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On 

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

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

21 (B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2013’’; and 

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

23 ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer24 ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 


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

2 under this Act shall be— 

3 (1) selected by the Secretary, after consultation 

4 with the Girl Scouts of the United States of America 

5 and the Commission of Fine Arts; and 

6 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 

7 Committee. 

8 SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

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

10 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 

11 (b) MINT FACILITY.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Only 1 facility of the United 

13 States Mint may be used to strike any particular 

14 quality of the coins minted under this Act. 

15 (2) USE OF THE UNITED STATES MINT AT

16 WEST POINT, NEW YORK.—It is the sense of the 

17 Congress that the coins minted under this Act 

18 should be struck at the United States Mint at West 

19 Point, New York, to the greatest extent possible. 

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

21 issue coins under this Act only during the calendar year 

22 beginning on January 1, 2013. 


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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; 

6 (2) the surcharge provided in section 7 with re7 spect to such coins; and 

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

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

10 overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping). 

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

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

13 discount. 

14 (c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 

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

16 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 

17 before the issuance of such coins. 

18 (2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre19 paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea20 sonable discount. 

21 SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 

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

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

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

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

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


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1 shall be paid to the Girl Scouts of the United States of 

2 America to be made available for Girl Scout program de3 velopment and delivery. 

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

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

6 documents, and other data of the Girl Scouts of the 

7 United States of America as may be related to the expend8 itures of amounts paid under subsection (b). 

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

10 no surcharge may be included with respect to the issuance 

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

12 of the time of such issuance, the issuance of such coin 

13 would result in the number of commemorative coin pro14 grams issued during such year to exceed the annual 2 

15 commemorative coin program issuance limitation under 

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

17 effect on the date of the enactment of this Act). The Sec18 retary of the Treasury may issue guidance to carry out 

19 this subsection. 

20 SEC. 8. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

21 (a) CONTINUED ISSUANCE OF CERTAIN COMMEMO22 RATIVE COINS MINTED IN 2009.—Notwithstanding sec23 tions 303 and 304 of the Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005 

24 (31 U.S.C. 5112 note), the Secretary of the Treasury may 

25 continue to issue numismatic items that contain 1-cent 


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1 coins minted in 2009 after December 31, 2009, until not 

2 later than June 30, 2010. 

3 (b) DISTRIBUTION OF SURCHARGES.—Section 7 of 

4 the Jamestown 400th Anniversary Commemorative Coin 

5 Act of 2004 (31 U.S.C. 5112 note) is amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (b)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘in 

7 equal shares’’ and all that follows through the period 

8 at the end and inserting ‘‘in the proportion specified 

9 to the following organizations for the purposes de10 scribed in such subparagraph: 

11 ‘‘(i) 2/3 to the Association for the 

12 Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. 

13 ‘‘(ii) 1/3 to the Jamestown-Yorktown 

14 Foundation of the Commonwealth of Vir15 ginia.’’; and 

16 (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘, the Sec17 retary of the Interior,’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives October 13, 

2009. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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