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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4104 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

AUGUST 2, 2012 

Received 

AN ACT 

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins 

in recognition and celebration of the Pro Football Hall 

of Fame. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pro Football Hall of 

3 Fame Commemorative Coin Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 The Congress finds the following: 

6 (1) The Pro Football Hall of Fame’s mission 

7 is— 

8 (A) to honor individuals who have made 

9 outstanding contributions to professional foot10 ball; 

11 (B) to preserve professional football’s his12 toric documents and artifacts; 

13 (C) to educate the public regarding the ori14 gin, development, and growth of professional 

15 football as an important part of American cul16 ture; and 

17 (D) to promote the positive values of the 

18 sport. 

19 (2) The Pro Football Hall of Fame opened its 

20 doors on September 7, 1963. On that day a charter 

21 class of 17 players, coaches, and contributors were 

22 enshrined. Among the group were such legends as 

23 Sammy Baugh, Red Grange, George Halas, Don 

24 Hutson, Bronko Nagurski, and Jim Thorpe. 

25 Through 2012, there are 273 members who have 

26 been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. 


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1 Three distinct iconic symbols represent an individ2 ual’s membership in the Hall of Fame: a bronze 

3 bust, a Hall of Fame gold jacket, and a Hall of 

4 Fame ring. 

5 (3) The Pro Football Hall of Fame has wel6 comed nearly 9 million visitors from around the 

7 world since opening in 1963. The museum has 

8 grown from its original 19,000-square-foot building 

9 to an 118,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility as 

10 result of expansions in 1971, 1978, 1995, and most 

11 recently in 2011–2013. In addition, major exhibit 

12 renovations have been completed in 2003, 2008, and 

13 2009. 

14 (4) The Pro Football Hall of Fame houses the 

15 world’s largest collection on professional football. In16 cluded in the museum’s vast collection are more 

17 than 20,000 three-dimensional artifacts and more 

18 than 20 million pages of documents including nearly 

19 3,000,000 photographic images. 

20 (5) The Pro Football Hall of Fame reaches a 

21 world-wide audience of nearly 15,000,000 people an22 nually through visitors to the museum, participants 

23 in the annual Pro Football Hall of Fame 

24 Enshrinement Festival, three nationally televised 

25 events, the Hall of Fame’s Web site, social media 


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1 outlets, special events across the country, and 

2 through the museum’s Educational Outreach 

3 videoconferencing programs. 

4 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

5 (a) DENOMINATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treas6 ury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 

7 shall mint and issue the following coins: 

8 (1) $5 GOLD COINS.—Not more than 50,000 $5 

9 coins, which shall— 

10 (A) weigh 8.359 grams; 

11 (B) have a diameter of 0.850 inches; and 

12 (C) contain 90 percent gold and 10 percent 

13 alloy. 

14 (2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 400,000 

15 $1 coins, which shall— 

16 (A) weigh 26.73 grams; 

17 (B) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 

18 (C) contain 90 percent silver and 10 per19 cent copper. 

20 (3) HALF-DOLLAR CLAD COINS.—Not more 

21 than 750,000 half-dollar coins which shall— 

22 (A) weigh 11.34 grams; 

23 (B) have a diameter of 1.205 inches; and 


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1 (C) be minted to the specifications for half2 dollar coins contained in section 5112(b) of title 

3 31, United States Code. 

4 (b) LEGAL TENDER.—The coins minted under this 

5 Act shall be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of 

6 title 31, United States Code. 

7 (c) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of section 

8 5134 of title 31, United States Code, all coins minted 

9 under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic items. 

10 SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 

11 (a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—The design of the coins 

13 minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 

14 game of professional football. 

15 (2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On 

16 each coin minted under this Act there shall be— 

17 (A) a designation of the value of the coin; 

18 (B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2016’’; and 

19 (C) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, 

20 ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer21 ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 

22 (b) SELECTION.—The design for the coins minted 

23 under this Act shall be— 


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1 (1) selected by the Secretary after consultation 

2 with the Commission of Fine Arts and the Pro Foot3 ball Hall of Fame; and 

4 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 

5 Committee. 

6 SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

7 (a) QUALITY OF COINS.—Coins minted under this 

8 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 

9 (b) MINT FACILITY.—Only 1 facility of the United 

10 States Mint may be used to strike any particular quality 

11 of the coins minted under this Act. 

12 (c) PERIOD FOR ISSUANCE.—The Secretary may 

13 issue coins minted under this Act only during the 1-year 

14 period beginning on January 1, 2016. 

15 SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 

16 (a) SALE PRICE.—The coins issued under this Act 

17 shall be sold by the Secretary at a price equal to the sum 

18 of— 

19 (1) the face value of the coins; 

20 (2) the surcharge provided in section 7(a) with 

21 respect to such coins; and 

22 (3) the cost of designing and issuing the coins 

23 (including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, 

24 overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping). 


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1 (b) BULK SALES.—The Secretary shall make bulk 

2 sales of the coins issued under this Act at a reasonable 

3 discount. 

4 (c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall accept 

6 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 

7 before the issuance of such coins. 

8 (2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre9 paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea10 sonable discount. 

11 SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—All sales of coins issued under this 

13 Act shall include a surcharge of— 

14 (1) $35 per coin for the $5 coin; 

15 (2) $10 per coin for the $1 coin; and 

16 (3) $5 per coin for the half-dollar coin. 

17 (b) DISTRIBUTION.—Subject to section 5134(f)(1) of 

18 title 31, United States Code, all surcharges received by 

19 the Secretary from the sale of coins issued under this Act 

20 shall be promptly paid by the Secretary to the Pro Foot21 ball Hall of Fame, to help finance the construction of a 

22 new building and renovation of existing Pro Football Hall 

23 of Fame facilities. 

24 (c) AUDITS.—The Pro Football Hall of Fame shall 

25 be subject to the audit requirements of section 5134(f)(2) 


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1 of title 31, United States Code, with regard to the 

2 amounts received under subsection (b). 

3 (d) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), 

4 no surcharge may be included with respect to the issuance 

5 under this Act of any coin during a calendar year if, as 

6 of the time of such issuance, the issuance of such coin 

7 would result in the number of commemorative coin pro8 grams issued during such year to exceed the annual 2 

9 commemorative coin program issuance limitation under 

10 section 5112(m)(1) of title 31, United States Code (as in 

11 effect on the date of the enactment of this Act). The Sec12 retary of the Treasury may issue guidance to carry out 

13 this subsection. 

14 SEC. 8. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES. 

15 The Secretary shall take such actions as may be nec16 essary to ensure that— 

17 (1) minting and issuing coins under this Act 

18 will not result in any net cost to the United States 

19 Government; and 

20 (2) no funds, including applicable surcharges, 

21 shall be disbursed to any recipient designated in sec22 tion 7 until the total cost of designing and issuing 

23 all of the coins authorized by this Act (including 

24 labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead ex25 penses, marketing, and shipping) is recovered by the 


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1 United States Treasury, consistent with sections 

2 5112(m) and 5134(f) of title 31, United States 

3 Code. 

4 SEC. 9. BUDGET COMPLIANCE. 

5 The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 

6 complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 

7 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 

8 titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 

9 Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 

10 by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the 

11 House of Representatives, provided that such statement 

12 has been submitted prior to the vote on passage. 

Passed the House of Representatives August 1, 

2012. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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