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[H.R. 621 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.621

                      One Hundred Eleventh Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
             the sixth day of January, two thousand and nine


                                 An Act


 
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.

    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 ``Girl Scouts USA Centennial 
Commemorative Coin Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
    The Congress find as follows:
        (1) The Girl Scouts of the United States of America is the 
    world's preeminent organization dedicated solely to girls where 
    they build character and skills for success in the real world.
        (2) In 1911, Juliette Gordon Low met Sir Robert Baden-Powell, a 
    war hero and the founder of the Boy Scouts.
        (3) With Baden-Powell's help and encouragement, Juliette Gordon 
    Low made plans to start a similar association for American girls.
        (4) On March 12, 1912, Juliette Gordon Low organized the first 
    2 Girl Scout Troops in Savannah, Georgia consisting of 18 members.
        (5) Low devoted the next 15 years of her life to building the 
    organization, which would become the largest voluntary association 
    for women and girls in the United States.
        (6) Low drafted the Girl Scout laws, supervised the writing of 
    the first handbook in 1913, and provided most of the financial 
    support for the organization during its early years.
        (7) The Girl Scouts of the United States of America was 
    chartered by the United States Congress in 1950 in title 36, United 
    States Code.
        (8) Today there are more than 3,700,000 members in 236,000 
    troops throughout the United States and United States territories.
        (9) Through membership in the World Association of Girl Guides 
    and Girl Scouts, Girls Scouts of the United States of America is 
    part of a worldwide family of 10,000,000 girls and adults in 145 
    countries.
        (10) More than 50,000,000 American women enjoyed Girl Scouting 
    during their childhood--and that number continues to grow as Girl 
    Scouts of the United States of America continues to inspire, 
    challenge, and empower girls everywhere.
        (11) March 12, 2012 will mark the 100th Anniversary of the Girl 
    Scouts of the United States of America.
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 
Girl Scouts of the USA, 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 centennial of the Girl Scouts of the 
    United States 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 ``2013''; 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 Girl 
    Scouts of the United States 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.--
        (1) In general.--Only 1 facility of the United States Mint may 
    be used to strike any particular quality of the coins minted under 
    this Act.
        (2) Use of the united states mint at west point, new york.--It 
    is the sense of the Congress that the coins minted under this Act 
    should be struck at the United States Mint at West Point, New York, 
    to the greatest extent possible.
    (c) Period for Issuance.--The Secretary may issue coins under this 
Act only during the calendar year beginning on January 1, 2013.
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.--
        (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 Girl Scouts of the 
United States of America to be made available for Girl Scout program 
development and delivery.
    (c) Audits.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
have the right to examine such books, records, documents, and other 
data of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America 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 commemorative 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.
SEC. 8. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
    (a) Continued Issuance of Certain Commemorative Coins Minted in 
2009.--Notwithstanding sections 303 and 304 of the Presidential $1 Coin 
Act of 2005 (31 U.S.C. 5112 note), the Secretary of the Treasury may 
continue to issue numismatic items that contain 1-cent coins minted in 
2009 after December 31, 2009, until not later than June 30, 2010.
    (b) Distribution of Surcharges.--Section 7 of the Jamestown 400th 
Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act of 2004 (31 U.S.C. 5112 note) is 
amended--
        (1) in subsection (b)(2)(B), by striking ``in equal shares'' 
    and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting 
    ``in the proportion specified to the following organizations for 
    the purposes described in such subparagraph:
                ``(i) 2/3 to the Association for the Preservation of 
            Virginia Antiquities.
                ``(ii) 1/3 to the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation of the 
            Commonwealth of Virginia.''; and
        (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``, the Secretary of the 
    Interior,''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.