H. R. 5872 
One Hundred Tenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and eight 
An Act 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Boy Scouts of America Centennial 
Commemorative Coin Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds as follows: 
(1) The Boy Scouts of America will celebrate its centennial 
on February 8, 2010. 
(2) The Boy Scouts of America is the largest youth organiza-
tion in the United States, with 3,000,000 youth members and 
1,000,000 adult leaders in the traditional programs of Cub 
Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Venturing. 
(3) Since 1910, more than 111,000,000 youth have partici-
pated in Scouting’s traditional programs. 
(4) The Boy Scouts of America was granted a Federal 
charter in 1916 by an Act of the 64th Congress which was 
signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson. 
(5) In the 110th Congress, 248 members of the House 
of Representative and the Senate have participated in Boy 
Scouts of America as Scouts or adult leaders. 
(6) The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is ‘‘to prepare 
young people to make ethical and moral choices over their 
lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath 
and Law’’. 
(7) Every day across our Nation, Scouts and their leaders 
pledge to live up the promise in the Scout Oath—‘‘On my 
honor I will do my best, To do my duty to God and my country 
and to obey the Scout Law; To help other people at all times; 
To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally 
straight’’—and the Scout Law, according to which a Scout is 
‘‘Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obe-
dient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean, and Reverent’’. 
(8) In the past 4 years alone, Scouting youth and their 
leaders have volunteered more than 6,500,000 hours of service 
to their communities through more than 75,000 service projects, 
benefiting food banks, local schools, and civic organizations.
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SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 
(a) $1 SILVER COINS.—The Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter 
in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall mint and issue 
not more than 350,000 $1 coins in commemoration of the centennial 
of the founding of the Boy Scouts of America, each of which shall— 
(1) weigh 26.73 grams; 
(2) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 
(3) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent copper. 
(b) LEGAL TENDER.—The coins minted under this Act shall 
be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of title 31, United 
States Code. 
(c) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of sections 5134 and 
5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins minted under this 
Act shall be considered to be numismatic items. 
SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 
(a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The design of the coins minted under 
this Act shall be emblematic of the 100 years of the largest 
youth organization in United States, the Boy Scouts of America. 
(2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On each coin minted 
under this Act, there shall be— 
(A) a designation of the value of the coin; 
(B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2010’’; and 
(C) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, ‘‘In God We 
Trust’’, ‘‘United States of America’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus 
Unum’’. 
(b) SELECTION.—The design for the coins minted under this 
Act shall be— 
(1) selected by the Secretary, after consultation with the 
Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America and the 
Commission of Fine Arts; and 
(2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 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 on or after February 8, 2010, and before January 
1, 2011. 
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; 
(2) the surcharge provided in section 7 with respect to 
such coins; and 
(3) 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.—
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(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 prepaid orders 
under paragraph (1) shall be at a reasonable discount. 
SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—All sales of coins issued under this Act shall 
include a surcharge of $10 per coin. 
(b) DISTRIBUTION.—Subject to section 5134(f) of title 31, United 
States Code, all surcharges received by the Secretary from the 
sale of coins issued under this Act shall be paid to the National 
Boy Scouts of America Foundation, which funds will be made avail-
able to local councils in the form of grants for the extension of 
Scouting in hard to serve areas. 
(c) AUDITS.—The Comptroller General of the United States 
shall have the right to examine such books, records, documents, 
and other data of the National Boy Scouts of America Foundation 
as may be related to the expenditures of amounts paid under 
subsection (b). 
(d) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), no surcharge 
may be included with respect to the issuance under this Act of 
any coin during a calendar year if, as of the time of such issuance, 
the issuance of such coin would result in the number of commemora-
tive coin programs issued during such year to exceed the annual 
2 commemorative coin program issuance limitation under section 
5112(m)(1) of title 31, United States Code (as in effect on the 
date of the enactment of this Act). The Secretary of the Treasury 
may issue guidance to carry out this subsection. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.