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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 203 

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition and 

celebration of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 31, 2013 

Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. MORAN, Mr. 

CORKER, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. ISAKSON, and Mr. BOOZMAN) introduced 

the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 

on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Fame Commemorative Coin Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds the following: 

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

9 is— 


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1 (A) to honor individuals who have made 

2 outstanding contributions to professional foot3 ball; 

4 (B) to preserve professional football’s his5 toric documents and artifacts; 

6 (C) to educate the public regarding the ori7 gin, development, and growth of professional 

8 football as an important part of American cul9 ture; and 

10 (D) to promote the positive values of the 

11 sport. 

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

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

14 class of 17 players, coaches, and contributors were 

15 enshrined. Among the group were such legends as 

16 Sammy Baugh, Red Grange, George Halas, Don 

17 Hutson, Bronko Nagurski, and Jim Thorpe. 

18 Through 2012, 273 members had been elected to the 

19 Pro Football Hall of Fame. Three distinct iconic 

20 symbols represent an individual’s membership in the 

21 Hall of Fame: a bronze bust, a Hall of Fame gold 

22 jacket, and a Hall of Fame ring. 

23 (3) The Pro Football Hall of Fame has wel24 comed nearly 9,000,000 visitors from around the 

25 world since opening in 1963. The museum has 


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

2 to a 118,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility, as 

3 a result of expansions in 1971, 1978, 1995, and 

4 most recently in 2011–2013. In addition, major ex5 hibit renovations were completed in 2003, 2008, and 

6 2009. 

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

8 world’s largest collection on professional football. In9 cluded in the museum’s vast collection are more 

10 than 20,000 three-dimensional artifacts and more 

11 than 20,000,000 pages of documents, including 

12 nearly 3,000,000 photographic images. 

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

14 worldwide audience of nearly 15,000,000 people an15 nually through visitors to the museum, participants 

16 in the annual Pro Football Hall of Fame 

17 Enshrinement Festival, three nationally televised 

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

19 outlets, special events across the country, and 

20 through the museum’s Educational Outreach video 

21 conferencing programs. 

22 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

23 (a) DENOMINATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treas24 ury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 

25 shall mint and issue the following coins: 


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

2 coins, which shall— 

3 (A) weigh 8.359 grams; 

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

5 (C) contain 90 percent gold and 10 percent 

6 alloy. 

7 (2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 400,000 

8 $1 coins, which shall— 

9 (A) weigh 26.73 grams; 

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

11 (C) contain 90 percent silver and 10 per12 cent copper. 

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

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

15 (A) weigh 11.34 grams; 

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

17 (C) be minted to the specifications for half18 dollar coins contained in section 5112(b) of title 

19 31, United States Code. 

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

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

22 title 31, United States Code. 

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

24 5134 of title 31, United States Code, all coins minted 

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


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1 SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 

2 (a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 

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

4 minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 

5 game of professional football. 

6 (2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On 

7 each coin minted under this Act there shall be— 

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

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

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

11 ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer12 ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 

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

14 under this Act shall be— 

15 (1) selected by the Secretary after consultation 

16 with the Commission of Fine Arts and the Pro Foot17 ball Hall of Fame; and 

18 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 

19 Committee. 

20 SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

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

22 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 

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

24 States Mint may be used to strike any particular quality 

25 of the coins minted under this Act. 


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

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

3 period beginning on January 1, 2016. 

4 SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 

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

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

7 of— 

8 (1) the face value of the coins; 

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

10 respect to such coins; and 

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

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

13 overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping). 

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

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

16 discount. 

17 (c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 

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

19 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 

20 before the issuance of such coins. 

21 (2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre22 paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea23 sonable discount. 


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1 SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 

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

3 Act shall include a surcharge of— 

4 (1) $35 per coin for the $5 coin; 

5 (2) $10 per coin for the $1 coin; and 

6 (3) $5 per coin for the half-dollar coin. 

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

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

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

10 shall be promptly paid by the Secretary to the Pro Foot11 ball Hall of Fame, to help finance the construction of a 

12 new building and renovation of existing Pro Football Hall 

13 of Fame facilities. 

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

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

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

17 amounts received under subsection (b). 

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

19 no surcharge may be included with respect to the issuance 

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

21 of the time of such issuance, the issuance of such coin 

22 would result in the number of commemorative coin pro23 grams issued during such year to exceed the annual 2 

24 commemorative coin program issuance limitation under 

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

26 effect on the date of the enactment of this Act). The SecVerDate Mar 15 2010 18:38 Feb 08, 2013 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S203.IS S203

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1 retary of the Treasury may issue guidance to carry out 

2 this subsection. 

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