HR 893 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Act

Introduced Feb 11, 2015 Originated House Became Public Law 114-30 Sponsor Jeff Fortenberry R-NE

Latest action · Jul 6, 2015 Became Public Law No: 114-30.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedFeb 11, 2015
Passed HouseJun 23, 2015
Passed SenateJun 25, 2015
To the PresidentJun 26, 2015
Became lawJul 6, 2015Public Law 114-30

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on June 23, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Act

(Sec. 3) 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.

(Sec. 4) 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.

(Sec. 5) Permits issuance of such coins only between January 1, 2017, and December 31, 2017.

(Sec. 7) 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. Prohibits any surcharge if issuance of the coin would exceed the annual commemorative coin program issuance limitation.

(Sec. 8) 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.

Cosponsors 296

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 11, 2015 to Jun 23, 2015; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-NE	Adrian Smith	Original	Feb 11, 2015
D-NE	Brad Ashford	Original	Feb 11, 2015
R-IL	Aaron Schock		Feb 26, 2015
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Feb 26, 2015
R-MO	Billy Long		Feb 26, 2015
R-TX	Blake Farenthold		Feb 26, 2015
R-KY	Brett Guthrie		Feb 26, 2015
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		Feb 26, 2015
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		Feb 26, 2015
R-NY	Chris Collins		Feb 26, 2015
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Feb 26, 2015
R-CA	Duncan Hunter		Feb 26, 2015
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson		Feb 26, 2015
D-FL	Lois Frankel		Feb 26, 2015
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart		Feb 26, 2015
R-KS	Mike Pompeo		Feb 26, 2015
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Feb 26, 2015
R-PA	Patrick Meehan		Feb 26, 2015
D-FL	Patrick Murphy		Feb 26, 2015
D-NY	Paul Tonko		Feb 26, 2015
R-NC	Renee L. Ellmers		Feb 26, 2015
R-NY	Richard L. Hanna		Feb 26, 2015
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott		Feb 26, 2015
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Feb 26, 2015
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch		Feb 26, 2015
R-FL	Thomas J. Rooney		Feb 26, 2015
R-PA	Tim Murphy		Feb 26, 2015
R-MI	Tim Walberg		Feb 26, 2015
R-PA	Tom Marino		Feb 26, 2015
R-FL	Vern Buchanan		Feb 26, 2015
R-MD	Andy Harris		Mar 3, 2015
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster		Mar 3, 2015
R-VA	Barbara Comstock		Mar 3, 2015
R-OH	Brad R. Wenstrup		Mar 3, 2015
D-LA	Cedric L. Richmond		Mar 3, 2015
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Mar 3, 2015
R-FL	Curt Clawson		Mar 3, 2015
R-CA	Dana Rohrabacher		Mar 3, 2015
R-FL	Daniel Webster		Mar 3, 2015
R-WV	David B. McKinley		Mar 3, 2015
R-OH	David P. Joyce		Mar 3, 2015
R-IA	David Young		Mar 3, 2015
R-TN	Diane Black		Mar 3, 2015
D-NV	Dina Titus		Mar 3, 2015
R-GA	Doug Collins		Mar 3, 2015
R-NH	Frank C. Guinta		Mar 3, 2015
D-TX	Gene Green		Mar 3, 2015
D-FL	Gwen Graham		Mar 3, 2015
R-KY	Harold Rogers		Mar 3, 2015
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Mar 3, 2015
D-MD	John K. Delaney		Mar 3, 2015
D-GA	John Lewis		Mar 3, 2015
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		Mar 3, 2015
R-KS	Kevin Yoder		Mar 3, 2015
D-CA	Loretta Sanchez		Mar 3, 2015
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland		Mar 3, 2015
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		Mar 3, 2015
R-NC	Richard Hudson		Mar 3, 2015
R-OH	Steve Stivers		Mar 3, 2015
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo		Mar 3, 2015
R-MN	Tom Emmer		Mar 3, 2015
D-HI	Tulsi Gabbard		Mar 3, 2015
R-FL	Carlos Curbelo		Mar 19, 2015
D-MD	Donna F. Edwards		Mar 19, 2015
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Mar 19, 2015
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Mar 19, 2015
R-MN	John Kline		Mar 19, 2015
R-NV	Joseph J. Heck		Mar 19, 2015
R-WV	Alexander X. Mooney		Mar 26, 2015
R-FL	Ander Crenshaw		Mar 26, 2015
R-OH	Bill Johnson		Mar 26, 2015
R-TN	Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann		Mar 26, 2015
R-PA	Charles W. Dent		Mar 26, 2015
R-UT	Chris Stewart		Mar 26, 2015
R-WY	Cynthia M. Lummis		Mar 26, 2015
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski		Mar 26, 2015
R-CA	David G. Valadao		Mar 26, 2015
D-IA	David Loebsack		Mar 26, 2015
R-FL	Dennis A. Ross		Mar 26, 2015
R-VA	E. Scott Rigell		Mar 26, 2015
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter		Mar 26, 2015
R-KY	Ed Whitfield		Mar 26, 2015
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Mar 26, 2015
R-MS	Gregg Harper		Mar 26, 2015
R-AR	J. French Hill		Mar 26, 2015
R-OH	James B. Renacci		Mar 26, 2015
D-TN	Jim Cooper		Mar 26, 2015
R-TX	John Abney Culberson		Mar 26, 2015
R-FL	John L. Mica		Mar 26, 2015
R-TX	John R. Carter		Mar 26, 2015
R-IL	John Shimkus		Mar 26, 2015
R-PA	Joseph R. Pitts		Mar 26, 2015
I-AZ	Kyrsten Sinema		Mar 26, 2015
R-TX	Louie Gohmert		Mar 26, 2015
R-PA	Michael G. Fitzpatrick		Mar 26, 2015
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		Mar 26, 2015
R-AL	Mo Brooks		Mar 26, 2015
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi		Mar 26, 2015
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry		Mar 26, 2015
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar		Mar 26, 2015
D-IN	Peter J. Visclosky		Mar 26, 2015
R-IL	Randy Hultgren		Mar 26, 2015
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.		Mar 26, 2015
R-TX	Roger Williams		Mar 26, 2015
R-TX	Sam Johnson		Mar 26, 2015
D-CA	Scott H. Peters		Mar 26, 2015
R-IL	Adam Kinzinger		Apr 23, 2015
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte		Apr 23, 2015
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Apr 23, 2015
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Apr 23, 2015
D-IL	Cheri Bustos		Apr 23, 2015
R-FL	David W. Jolly		Apr 23, 2015
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		Apr 23, 2015
R-MN	Erik Paulsen		Apr 23, 2015
R-CA	Jeff Denham		Apr 23, 2015
R-FL	Jeff Miller		Apr 23, 2015
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.		Apr 23, 2015
D-CA	Juan Vargas		Apr 23, 2015
R-TX	Lamar Smith		Apr 23, 2015
R-IN	Larry Bucshon		Apr 23, 2015
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		Apr 23, 2015
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Apr 23, 2015
R-AL	Mike Rogers		Apr 23, 2015
R-IL	Robert J. Dold		Apr 23, 2015
D-TX	Ruben Hinojosa		Apr 23, 2015
D-CA	Sam Farr		Apr 23, 2015
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Apr 23, 2015
D-NY	Steve Israel		Apr 23, 2015
R-IA	Steve King		Apr 23, 2015
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Apr 23, 2015
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		May 1, 2015
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		May 1, 2015
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		May 1, 2015
R-TX	Brian Babin		May 1, 2015
D-NY	Brian Higgins		May 1, 2015
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		May 1, 2015
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		May 1, 2015
R-VA	Dave Brat		May 1, 2015
D-NC	David E. Price		May 1, 2015
R-WA	David G. Reichert		May 1, 2015
D-RI	David N. Cicilline		May 1, 2015
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		May 1, 2015
R-CO	Doug Lamborn		May 1, 2015
R-CA	Edward R. Royce		May 1, 2015
D-CA	Eric Swalwell		May 1, 2015
R-LA	Garret Graves		May 1, 2015
R-WI	Glenn Grothman		May 1, 2015
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		May 1, 2015
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		May 1, 2015
D-CA	Jared Huffman		May 1, 2015
R-GA	Jody B. Hice		May 1, 2015
D-CT	Joe Courtney		May 1, 2015
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth		May 1, 2015
D-CA	John Garamendi		May 1, 2015
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano		May 1, 2015
D-FL	Kathy Castor		May 1, 2015
R-IN	Luke Messer		May 1, 2015
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		May 1, 2015
R-AL	Martha Roby		May 1, 2015
R-IL	Peter J. Roskam		May 1, 2015
R-LA	Ralph Lee Abraham		May 1, 2015
R-WI	Reid J. Ribble		May 1, 2015
D-MN	Richard M. Nolan		May 1, 2015
R-UT	Rob Bishop		May 1, 2015
R-OH	Steve Chabot		May 1, 2015
D-TN	Steve Cohen		May 1, 2015
R-LA	Steve Scalise		May 1, 2015
R-IN	Susan W. Brooks		May 1, 2015
R-FL	Ted S. Yoho		May 1, 2015
R-KS	Tim Huelskamp		May 1, 2015
R-OK	Tom Cole		May 1, 2015
R-GA	Tom Graves		May 1, 2015
R-GA	Tom Price		May 1, 2015
R-NY	Tom Reed		May 1, 2015
R-AZ	Trent Franks		May 1, 2015
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		May 1, 2015
D-CA	Ami Bera		May 15, 2015
R-MO	Ann Wagner		May 15, 2015
D-TX	Beto O'Rourke		May 15, 2015
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		May 15, 2015
R-AL	Bradley Byrne		May 15, 2015
R-ME	Bruce Poliquin		May 15, 2015
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		May 15, 2015
R-MI	Dan Benishek		May 15, 2015
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee		May 15, 2015
R-CA	Darrell Issa		May 15, 2015
D-GA	David Scott		May 15, 2015
D-WA	Denny Heck		May 15, 2015
D-NJ	Donald Norcross		May 15, 2015
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.		May 15, 2015
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		May 15, 2015
R-NY	Elise M. Stefanik		May 15, 2015
D-CT	Elizabeth H. Esty		May 15, 2015
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.		May 15, 2015
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		May 15, 2015
R-OR	Greg Walden		May 15, 2015
D-TX	Henry Cuellar		May 15, 2015
R-IN	Jackie Walorski		May 15, 2015
D-RI	James R. Langevin		May 15, 2015
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		May 15, 2015
R-SC	Jeff Duncan		May 15, 2015
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		May 15, 2015
D-CA	Jim Costa		May 15, 2015
D-TX	Joaquin Castro		May 15, 2015
R-SC	Joe Wilson		May 15, 2015
R-LA	John Fleming		May 15, 2015
D-NY	Joseph Crowley		May 15, 2015
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway		May 15, 2015
D-MN	Keith Ellison		May 15, 2015
R-ND	Kevin Cramer		May 15, 2015
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		May 15, 2015
D-TX	Marc A. Veasey		May 15, 2015
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier		May 15, 2015
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey		May 15, 2015
D-CA	Pete Aguilar		May 15, 2015
R-NY	Peter T. King		May 15, 2015
R-FL	Richard B. Nugent		May 15, 2015
R-GA	Rob Woodall		May 15, 2015
D-PA	Robert A. Brady		May 15, 2015
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		May 15, 2015
D-WI	Ron Kind		May 15, 2015
R-CO	Scott R. Tipton		May 15, 2015
R-WI	Sean P. Duffy		May 15, 2015
D-MA	Seth Moulton		May 15, 2015
D-MD	Steny H. Hoyer		May 15, 2015
R-TX	Ted Poe		May 15, 2015
D-MN	Timothy J. Walz		May 15, 2015
R-SC	Tom Rice		May 15, 2015
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		May 15, 2015
D-FL	Alan Grayson		May 21, 2015
D-CA	Brad Sherman		May 21, 2015
D-MI	Debbie Dingell		May 21, 2015
R-AK	Don Young		May 21, 2015
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		May 21, 2015
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa		May 21, 2015
R-NC	George Holding		May 21, 2015
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		May 21, 2015
R-MO	Jason Smith		May 21, 2015
R-TX	Joe Barton		May 21, 2015
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes		May 21, 2015
D-CA	Karen Bass		May 21, 2015
R-PA	Keith J. Rothfus		May 21, 2015
D-OR	Kurt Schrader		May 21, 2015
R-NJ	Leonard Lance		May 21, 2015
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn		May 21, 2015
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		May 21, 2015
R-CO	Mike Coffman		May 21, 2015
D-CA	Mike Thompson		May 21, 2015
R-TX	Pete Olson		May 21, 2015
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		May 21, 2015
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt		May 21, 2015
R-OH	Robert E. Latta		May 21, 2015
R-TN	Scott DesJarlais		May 21, 2015
R-NJ	Scott Garrett		May 21, 2015
R-NM	Stevan Pearce		May 21, 2015
D-IL	Tammy Duckworth		May 21, 2015
R-IN	Todd Rokita		May 21, 2015
D-CA	Tony Cárdenas		May 21, 2015
R-TX	Will Hurd		May 21, 2015
D-CA	Xavier Becerra		May 21, 2015
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal		Jun 2, 2015
R-KY	Andy Barr		Jun 2, 2015
D-FL	Corrine Brown		Jun 2, 2015
R-CA	Devin Nunes		Jun 2, 2015
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Jun 2, 2015
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		Jun 2, 2015
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Jun 2, 2015
R-WV	Evan H. Jenkins		Jun 2, 2015
R-VA	H. Morgan Griffith		Jun 2, 2015
D-CA	Jackie Speier		Jun 2, 2015
D-MA	Joseph P. Kennedy III		Jun 2, 2015
D-OH	Joyce Beatty		Jun 2, 2015
R-TX	Kay Granger		Jun 2, 2015
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Jun 2, 2015
D-CA	Mark Takano		Jun 2, 2015
R-AZ	Matt Salmon		Jun 2, 2015
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Jun 2, 2015
R-PA	Mike Kelly		Jun 2, 2015
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Jun 2, 2015
D-VT	Peter Welch		Jun 2, 2015
R-IL	Rodney Davis		Jun 2, 2015
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen		Jun 2, 2015
R-MO	Sam Graves		Jun 2, 2015
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Jun 2, 2015
R-TN	Stephen Lee Fincher		Jun 2, 2015
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Jun 2, 2015
R-MI	Fred Upton		Jun 4, 2015
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Jun 4, 2015
R-SD	Kristi L. Noem		Jun 4, 2015
R-VA	Robert Hurt		Jun 4, 2015
R-WA	Dan Newhouse		Jun 15, 2015
D-CA	Lois Capps		Jun 15, 2015
R-SC	Mark Sanford		Jun 15, 2015
D-MA	Niki Tsongas		Jun 19, 2015
R-WI	Paul D. Ryan		Jun 19, 2015
R-NV	Cresent Hardy		Jun 23, 2015

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Financial Services Committee	Referred Feb 11, 2015

Actions 13

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 6, 2015Signed by President.
Jul 6, 2015Became Public Law No: 114-30.
Jun 26, 2015Presented to President.
Jun 25, 2015Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4656)
Jun 25, 2015Message on Senate action sent to the House.

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In the Congressional Record 3

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H4779	—	Jul 7, 2015
Senate	Debate and remarks S4656	Mitch McConnell R-KY	Jun 25, 2015
House	Debate and remarks H4560–H4562Text printed H4560	Bill Huizenga R-MI, Brad Ashford D-NE, Carolyn B. Maloney D-NY, Jeff Fortenberry R-NE	Jun 23, 2015

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The constitutional authority for this bill is pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 23, February 11, 2015, page H983.

CRS reports 10

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 10

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

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Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 301	Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Act	Identical bill	Mar 25, 2015

Titles 5

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of Boys Town, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Act
Short Titles as Passed House: Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Act
Short Titles as Passed Senate: Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Act
Short Titles as Enacted: Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Act

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