President Barack Obama signed today the Girl Scouts of the USA Commemorative Coin Act authorizing the minting of 350,000 silver dollar coins in honor of Girl Scouts and the achievements of the 50 million women across the nation whose lives have been influenced by Girl Scouting.
“This is a wonderful honor for Girl Scouts,” said Kathy Cloninger, Chief Executive Officer of Girl Scouts of the USA. “Congress only allows the minting of two coins a year and this is such a fitting way to honor our Movement and the million of girls and women whose lives Girl Scouting has touched. We are grateful to the President, the House and the Senate for their support.”
The bill in the House of Representatives (H.R. 621), sponsored by U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA), easily passed by a voice vote and with more than 300 cosponsors on October 15. A companion Senate bill (S. 451), sponsored by U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), also passed unanimously on October 19.
President Obama signed the bill at a ceremony at the White House that included Connie L. Lindsey, GSUSA National Board Chair, Laurie Westley, Senior Vice President, Public Policy, Advocacy & the Research Institute, and girls from the Girl Scout Council of the Nation’s Capital. [click to continue…]
Congress has just authorized legislation that instructs the United States Mint to produce up to 350,000 commemorative silver coins in 2013 to honor the Girl Scouts of the USA. The bill has been cleared for President Obama who is expected to sign it into law.
Final designs for the coin will not be known for many, many months, but Congress did dictate that it should show the normal inscriptions and contain 90% silver and 10% copper. It also requires that the coin design be emblematic of the Girl Scouts.
The legislation is known as the Girl Scouts USA Centennial Commemorative Coin Act and was passed last week by the U.S. House of Representatives. The Senate passed the same bill on Monday. [click to continue…]
Two new coin bills have been introduced in Congress this month. One was brought forward in the Senate and would allow certified coins in individual retirement accounts. Another was passed in the House that would commemorate the Girl Scouts of USA. A description of each follows.
The act, also known as H.R. 621, passed in the House by voice vote on Tuesday, Oct. 13. If it also passes in the Senate and both chambers agree on any changes, and then it gets signed by President Obama, up to 350,000 commemorative silver dollars would be minted in 2013. The coins, as the act describes, would celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Girl Scouts of the USA.
H.R. 621 was introduced by Rep. Jack Kingston who was commended by Kathy Cloninger, the Girl Scouts of the USA CEO. [click to continue…]
