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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2866 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration 
of the centennial of Boys Town, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 30, 2013 
Mr. TERRY (for himself, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. 
LATHAM, Mr. MICA, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. CLARKE, 
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. NORTON, 
Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Ms. TITUS, and Mr. RICHMOND) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Fi-
nancial Services 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins 
in commemoration of the centennial of Boys Town, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Boys Town Centennial 
Commemorative Coin Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
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(1) Boys Town is a nonprofit organization dedi-
cated to saving children and healing families, nation-
ally headquartered in the village of Boys Town, Ne-
braska; 
(2) Father Flanagan’s Boys Home, known as 
‘‘Boys Town’’, was founded on December 12, 1917, 
by Servant of God Father Edward Flanagan; 
(3) Boys Town was created to serve children of 
all races and religions; 
(4) news of the work of Father Flanagan 
spread worldwide with the success of the 1938 
movie, ‘‘Boys Town’’; 
(5) after World War II, President Truman 
asked Father Flanagan to take his message to the 
world, and Father Flanagan traveled the globe vis-
iting war orphans and advising government leaders 
on how to care for displaced children; 
(6) Boys Town has grown exponentially, and 
now provides care to children and families across the 
country in 11 regions, including California, Nevada, 
Texas, Nebraska, Iowa, Louisiana, North Florida, 
Central Florida, South Florida, Washington, DC, 
New York, and New England; 
(7) the Boys Town National Hotline provides 
counseling to more than 150,000 callers each year; 
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(8) the Boys Town National Research Hospital 
is a national leader in the field of hearing care and 
research of Usher Syndrome; 
(9) Boys Town programs impact the lives of 
more than 2,000,000 children and families across 
America each year; and 
(10) December 12th, 2017, will mark the 100th 
anniversary of Boys Town, Nebraska. 
SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 
(a) $5 GOLD COINS.—The Secretary of the Treasury 
(referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall mint and 
issue not more than 50,000 $5 coins in commemoration 
of the centennial of the founding of Father Flanagan’s 
Boys Town, each of which shall— 
(1) weigh 8.359 grams; 
(2) have a diameter of 0.850 inches; and 
(3) contain 90 percent gold and 10 percent 
alloy. 
(b) $1 SILVER COINS.—The Secretary shall mint and 
issue not more than 350,000 $1 coins in commemoration 
of the centennial of the founding of Father Flanagan’s 
Boys Town, each of which shall— 
(1) weigh 26.73 grams; 
(2) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 
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(b) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On each coin 
minted under this Act, there shall be— 
(1) a designation of the value of the coin; 
(2) an inscription of the year ‘‘2017’’; and 
(3) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, ‘‘In 
God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of America’’, and 
‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 
(c) SELECTION.—The design for the coins minted 
under this Act shall be— 
(1) selected by the Secretary, after consultation 
with the National Executive Director of Boys Town 
and the Commission of Fine Arts; and 
(2) reviewed by the Citizens of Coinage Advi-
sory Committee. 
SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 
(a) QUALITY OF COINS.—Coins minted under this 
Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 
(b) MINT FACILITY.—Only 1 facility of the United 
States Mint may be used to strike any particular quality 
of the coins minted under this Act. 
(c) PERIOD
FOR ISSUANCE.—The Secretary may 
issue coins under this Act only during the period begin-
ning on January 1, 2017, and ending on December 31, 
2018. 
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SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 
(a) SALE PRICE.—The coins issued under this Act 
shall be sold by the Secretary at a price equal to the sum 
of— 
(1) the face value of the coins; and 
(2) the cost of designing and issuing the coins 
(including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, 
overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping). 
(b) BULK SALES.—The Secretary shall make bulk 
sales of the coins issued under this Act at a reasonable 
discount. 
(c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall accept 
prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 
before the issuance of such coins. 
(2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre-
paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea-
sonable discount. 
SEC. 7. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES. 
The Secretary shall take such actions as may be nec-
essary to ensure that minting and issuing coins under this 
Act will not result in any net cost to the Federal Govern-
ment. 
Æ 
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