Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 114-s-301
Sponsor: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced: 2015-01-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Child care and development
Child safety and welfare
Commemorative events and holidays
Currency
Nebraska
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2015-01-29
text: 

Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Act
 
 
 Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue up to 50,000 $5 gold coins, 350,000 $1 silver coins, and 300,000 half-dollar clad coins to commemorate the centennial of the founding of Father Flanagan's Boys Town.
 
Requires the design of the coins to be emblematic of the 100 years of Boys Town, one of the largest nonprofit child care agencies in the United States.
 
Permits issuance of such coins only between January 1, 2017, and December 31, 2017.
 
Subjects all coin sales to specified surcharges, which shall be paid to Boys Town to carry out its cause of caring for and assisting children and families in underserved communities across America.
 
Directs the Secretary to ensure that: (1) minting and issuing such coins will not result in any net cost to the federal government; and (2) no funds, including surcharges, will be disbursed to Boys Town until the total cost of designing and issuing all authorized coins is recovered by the Treasury. 

action_date: 2015-03-24
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 

Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Act
 
 
 Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue up to 50,000 $5 gold coins, 350,000 $1 silver coins, and 300,000 half-dollar clad coins to commemorate the centennial of the founding of Father Flanagan's Boys Town.
 
Requires the design of the coins to be emblematic of the 100 years of Boys Town, one of the largest nonprofit child care agencies in the United States.
 
Permits issuance of such coins only between January 1, 2017, and December 31, 2017.
 
Subjects all coin sales to specified surcharges, which shall be paid to Boys Town to carry out its cause of caring for and assisting children and families in underserved communities across America.
 
Directs the Secretary to ensure that: (1) minting and issuing such coins will not result in any net cost to the federal government; and (2) no funds, including surcharges, will be disbursed to Boys Town until the total cost of designing and issuing all authorized coins is recovered by the Treasury. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2015-03-25
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S1831)
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S1831)
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1830-1831)
action_date: 2015-03-24
text: Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S1830-1831)
action_date: 2015-01-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2015-01-29
text: Introduced in Senate