II 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3070 

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

of the centennial of the Boy Scouts of America, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 22, 2008 

Mr. SESSIONS (for himself, Mr. NELSON of Nebraska, Mr. ENZI, Mr. BROWN, 

Mrs. HUTCHISON, Mr. DOMENICI, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. WICKER, Mr. 

NELSON of Florida, Mr. BUNNING, Mr. INOUYE, Mr. CRAPO, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. STEVENS, Mr. COCHRAN, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. BARRASSO, 

Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. GREGG, Mr. SMITH, Mr. MARTINEZ, 

Mr. BENNETT, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. LUGAR, Mr. DEMINT, Mr. VITTER, Mr. 

MCCAIN, Mr. CORKER, Mr. HAGEL, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. VOINOVICH, 

Mr. ALLARD, Mr. BURR, Mr. CRAIG, Mr. COLEMAN, Mr. WARNER, Mr. 

COBURN, Mr. THUNE, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. CORNYN, Mrs. DOLE, Mr. 

BROWNBACK, and Mrs. LINCOLN) introduced the following bill; which was 

read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

Urban Affairs 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins 

in commemoration of the centennial of the Boy Scouts 

of America, 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 ‘‘Boy Scouts of America 

5 Centennial Commemorative Coin Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 The Congress finds as follows: 

3 (1) The Boy Scouts of America will celebrate 

4 its centennial on February 8, 2010. 

5 (2) The Boy Scouts of America is the largest 

6 youth organization in the United States, with 

7 3,000,000 youth members and 1,000,000 adult lead8 ers in the traditional programs of Cub Scouts, Boy 

9 Scouts, and Venturing. 

10 (3) Since 1910, more than 111,000,000 youth 

11 have participated in Scouting’s traditional programs. 

12 (4) The Boy Scouts of America was granted a 

13 Federal charter in 1916 by an Act of the 64th Con14 gress which was signed into law by President Wood15 row Wilson. 

16 (5) In the 110th Congress, 248 members of the 

17 House of Representative and the Senate have par18 ticipated in Boy Scouts of America as Scouts or 

19 adult leaders. 

20 (6) The mission of the Boy Scouts of America 

21 is ‘‘to prepare young people to make ethical and 

22 moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in 

23 them the values of the Scout Oath and Law’’. 

24 (7) Every day across our Nation, Scouts and 

25 their leaders pledge to live up the promise in the 

26 Scout Oath—‘‘On my honor I will do my best, To 


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1 do my duty to God and my country and to obey the 

2 Scout Law; To help other people at all times; To 

3 keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and 

4 morally straight’’—and the Scout Law, according to 

5 which a Scout is ‘‘Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, 

6 Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, 

7 Thrifty, Brave, Clean, and Reverent’’. 

8 (8) In the past 4 years alone, Scouting youth 

9 and their leaders have volunteered more than 

10 6,500,000 hours of service to their communities 

11 through more than 75,000 service projects, benefit12 ting food banks, local schools, and civic organiza13 tions. 

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 350,000 $1 coins in 

18 commemoration of the centennial of the founding of the 

19 Boy Scouts of America, 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 

12 100 years of the largest youth organization in 

13 United States, the Boy Scouts of America. 

14 (2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On 

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

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

17 (B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2010’’; and 

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

19 ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer20 ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 

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

22 under this Act shall be— 

23 (1) selected by the Secretary, after consultation 

24 with the Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of 

25 America and the Commission of Fine 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 on or after February 8, 

11 2010, and before January 1, 2011. 

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 paid to the National Boy Scouts of America Foun14 dation, which funds will be made available to local councils 

15 in the form of grants for the extension of Scouting in hard 

16 to serve areas. 

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

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

19 documents, and other data of the National Boy Scouts of 

20 America Foundation as may be related to the expenditures 

21 of amounts paid under subsection (b). 

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