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110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3539 

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. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 23 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 17), 2008 

Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mrs. HUTCHISON, Ms. STABENOW, 

Mrs. LINCOLN, Ms. LANDRIEU, and Mrs. BOXER) 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 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Girl Scouts USA Cen5 tennial Commemorative Coin Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds that— 


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

2 America is the world’s preeminent organization dedi3 cated solely to girls, building character and skills for 

4 success in the real world; 

5 (2) in 1911, Juliette Gordon Low met Sir Rob6 ert Baden-Powell, a war hero and the founder of the 

7 Boy Scouts of America; 

8 (3) with Baden-Powell’s help and encourage9 ment, Juliette Gordon Low made plans to start a 

10 similar association for American girls; 

11 (4) on March 12, 1912, Juliette Gordon Low 

12 organized the first 2 Girl Scout Troops in Savannah, 

13 Georgia consisting of 18 members; 

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

15 to building the organization, which would become 

16 the largest voluntary association for women and girls 

17 in the United States; 

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

19 the writing of the first handbook in 1913, and pro20 vided most of the financial support for the organiza21 tion during its early years; 

22 (7) the Girl Scouts of the United States of 

23 America was chartered by the United States Con24 gress in 1950, in section 80301 of title 36, United 

25 States Code; 


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1 (8) today there are more than 3,700,000 mem2 bers in 236,000 troops throughout the United States 

3 and United States territories; 

4 (9) through membership in the World Associa5 tion of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, Girls Scouts of 

6 the United States of America is part of a worldwide 

7 family of 10,000,000 girls and adults in 145 coun8 tries; 

9 (10) more than 50,000,000 American women 

10 enjoyed Girl Scouting during their childhood, and 

11 that number continues to grow as Girl Scouts of the 

12 United States of America continues to inspire, chal13 lenge, and empower girls everywhere; and 

14 (11) March 12, 2012 will mark the 100th Anni15 versary of the establishment of the Girl Scouts of 

16 the United States of America. 

17 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

18 (a) $1 SILVER COINS.—The Secretary of the Treas19 ury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 

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

21 commemoration of the centennial of the Girl Scouts of the 

22 United States of America, 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 (b) LEGAL TENDER.—The coins minted under this 

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

5 title 31, United States Code. 

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

7 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins 

8 minted under this Act shall be considered to be numis9 matic items. 

10 SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 

11 (a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 

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

13 minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 

14 centennial of the establishment of the Girl Scouts of 

15 the United States of America. 

16 (2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On 

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

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

19 (B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2011’’; and 

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

21 ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer22 ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 

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

24 under this Act shall be— 


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1 (1) selected by the Secretary, after consultation 

2 with the Girl Scouts of the United States of America 

3 and the Commission of Fine Arts; and 

4 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 

5 Committee. 

6 SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

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

8 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 

9 (b) MINT FACILITY.— 

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

11 States Mint may be used to strike any particular 

12 quality of the coins minted under this Act. 

13 (2) USE OF THE UNITED STATES MINT AT

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

15 Congress that the coins minted under this Act 

16 should be struck at the United States Mint at West 

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

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

19 issue coins under this Act only during the calendar year 

20 beginning on January 1, 2011. 

21 SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 

22 (a) SALE PRICE.—The coins minted under this Act 

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

24 of— 

25 (1) the face value of the coins; 


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1 (2) the surcharge provided in section 7 with re2 spect to such coins; and 

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

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

5 overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping). 

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

7 sales of the coins minted under this Act at a reasonable 

8 discount. 

9 (c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 

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

11 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 

12 before the issuance of such coins. 

13 (2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre14 paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea15 sonable discount. 

16 SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—All sales of coins minted under 

18 this Act shall include a surcharge of $10 per coin. 

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

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

21 the Secretary from the sale of coins minted under this Act 

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

23 America for efforts involved in marking the Centennial of 

24 its establishment, which may include efforts to preserve 

25 the birthplace of Juliette Gordon Low. 


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

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

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

4 United States of America as may be related to the expend5 iture of amounts paid under subsection (b). 

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