S. 451: Girl Scouts USA Centennial Commemorative Coin Act

111th Congress · introduced 2009-02-23 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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Where it came from: introduced 2009-02-23 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

Girl Scouts USA Centennial Commemorative Coin Act

Plain summary

Girl Scouts USA Centennial Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue up to 350,000 $1 coins in commemoration of the centennial of the founding of the Girl Scouts of the USA. Requires the coin design to be emblematic of the 100 years of the organization. Restricts issuance of such coins to calendar year 2011. Subjects coin sales to a surcharge of $10 per coin. Requires payment of such surcharges to the Girl Scouts of the United States of America for Girl Scout program development and delivery.

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Official text

Girl Scouts USA Centennial Commemorative Coin Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] · 74 cosponsors

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Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), James E. Risch (R-ID), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Roger F. Wicker (R-MS), Mike Crapo (R-ID), John Barrasso (R-WY), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Patty Murray (D-WA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL) and 14 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] reported raising $22.5 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111s451.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/s>

Record fed-us-cong111-s451 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111