1.This Act may be cited as the
Girl Scouts USA Centennial
Commemorative Coin Act
.
2.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.
3.
(a)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)The coins minted under this Act shall be legal tender, as
provided in section
5103 of title 31, United States Code.
(c)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.
4.
(a)
(1)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
inscriptionsOn 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)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.
5.
(a)Coins minted under this Act shall be issued in uncirculated
and proof qualities.
(b)
(1)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 yorkIt 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)The Secretary may issue coins under this Act only during
the calendar year beginning on January 1, 2013.
6.
(a)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)The Secretary shall make bulk sales of the coins issued
under this Act at a reasonable discount.
(c)
(1)The Secretary shall accept prepaid orders for the coins
minted under this Act before the issuance of such coins.
(2)Sale
prices with respect to prepaid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a
reasonable discount.
7.
(a)All sales of coins issued under this Act shall include a
surcharge of $10 per coin.
(b)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)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)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.
8.Technical and
conforming amendments
(a)Continued
issuance of certain commemorative coins minted in 2009Notwithstanding 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
surchargesSection 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,
.
Passed the House of
Representatives October 13, 2009.
Lorraine C. Miller,
Clerk