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Bush Signs Boy Scouts of America Centennial Commemorative Coin Act - Coin News

President Bush on Wednesday signed into law the Boy Scouts of America Centennial Commemorative Coin Act (H.R. 5872). The act authorizes 350,000 silver dollar coins in recognition of the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) in 2010.

H.R. 5872 enjoyed overwhelming support in both parties, passing in the House on April 22 and the Senate on September 27. Congressman Pete Sessions [R-TX], who is an Eagle Scout with four generations of Boy Scouts in his family, introduced the bill and was thankful it passed.

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Boy Scouts Silver Dollar Coin Legislation Passes Congress - Coin News

The Senate on Saturday joined the House in passing legislation that seeks to commemorate the centennial of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) with 350,000 silver dollar coins in 2010.

The bill, named the Boy Scouts of America Centennial Commemorative Coin Act or H.R. 5872, has overwhelming support and now moves to its next step — congressional packaging for the President, who is expected to sign it into law.

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Coin celebrates Boy Scouts’ 100th year - Bellevue Leader

Senators Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Jeff Sessions of Alabama recently introduced legislation to create a $1 silver coin to recognize the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America.

Under the legislation, the U.S. Mint would produce 350,000 commemorative coins in honor of the anniversary.

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Ben Nelson offers bill to mint Boy Scout coin - Sioux City Journal

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., and U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., introduced legislation Thursday to create a $1 silver coin to recognize the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America.

“My times as a Boy Scout were some of my most memorable and important as a young man,” said Nelson. “This coin serves as a memorial and a promise to the millions of scouts in America, both young and old, that the Boy Scouts of America has and will continue to positively shape the lives of young men for many years to come.”

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House passes bill for Boy Scouts silver coin - CoinNews

A commemorative Boy Scouts silver coin just moved closer to becoming reality. On May 15, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5872, 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.”

They did so with strong bipartisan support similar to their very recent passage of the palladium Saint-Gaudens double eagle coin legislation.

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Congress’s $3.5 million “Bake Sale” for the Boy Scouts - Dissident Voice

Alright, it isn’t actually a bake sale, but it might as well be. On May 15, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5872, 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.”

The other purposes? The sale of the coins by the Secretary of the Treasury, with a surcharge on each coin sold to “be paid to the National Boy Scouts of America Foundation.”

In other words, this is a congressionally mandated fundraiser for the Boy Scouts.

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