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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1842 

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 

DECEMBER 17, 2013 

Mr. PORTMAN (for himself, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. 

BOOZMAN, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. BROWN, Mr. BURR, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. 

COATS, Mr. CORKER, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. KAINE, Mr. MANCHIN, Mrs. MCCASKILL, Mr. MORAN, Mr. 

REID, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. THUNE, Mr. VITTER, and Mr. 

WARNER) 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: 


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

2 is— 

3 (A) to honor individuals who have made 

4 outstanding contributions to professional foot5 ball; 

6 (B) to preserve professional football’s his7 toric documents and artifacts; 

8 (C) to educate the public regarding the ori9 gin, development, and growth of professional 

10 football as an important part of American cul11 ture; and 

12 (D) to promote the positive values of the 

13 sport. 

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

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

16 class of 17 players, coaches, and contributors were 

17 enshrined. Among the group were such legends as 

18 Sammy Baugh, Red Grange, George Halas, Don 

19 Hutson, Bronko Nagurski, and Jim Thorpe. 

20 Through 2012, 273 members had been elected to the 

21 Pro Football Hall of Fame. Three distinct iconic 

22 symbols represent an individual’s membership in the 

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

24 jacket, and a Hall of Fame ring. 


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1 (3) The Pro Football Hall of Fame has wel2 comed nearly 9,000,000 visitors from around the 

3 world since opening in 1963. The museum has 

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

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

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

7 most recently in 2011–2013. In addition, major ex8 hibit renovations were completed in 2003, 2008, and 

9 2009. 

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

11 world’s largest collection on professional football. In12 cluded in the museum’s vast collection are more 

13 than 20,000 three-dimensional artifacts and more 

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

15 nearly 3,000,000 photographic images. 

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

17 worldwide audience of nearly 15,000,000 people an18 nually through visitors to the museum, participants 

19 in the annual Pro Football Hall of Fame 

20 Enshrinement Festival, three nationally televised 

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

22 outlets, special events across the country, and 

23 through the museum’s Educational Outreach video 

24 conferencing programs. 


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1 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

2 (a) DENOMINATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treas3 ury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 

4 shall mint and issue the following coins: 

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

6 coins, which shall— 

7 (A) weigh 8.359 grams; 

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

9 (C) contain 90 percent gold and 10 percent 

10 alloy. 

11 (2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 400,000 

12 $1 coins, which shall— 

13 (A) weigh 26.73 grams; 

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

15 (C) contain 90 percent silver and 10 per16 cent copper. 

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

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

19 (A) weigh 11.34 grams; 

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

21 (C) be minted to the specifications for half22 dollar coins contained in section 5112(b) of title 

23 31, United States Code. 

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

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

26 title 31, United States Code. 


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

2 5134 of title 31, United States Code, all coins minted 

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

4 SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 

5 (a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 

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

7 minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 

8 game of professional football. 

9 (2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On 

10 each coin minted under this Act there shall be— 

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

12 (B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2017’’; and 

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

14 ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer15 ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 

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

17 under this Act shall be— 

18 (1) selected by the Secretary after consultation 

19 with the Commission of Fine Arts and the Pro Foot20 ball Hall of Fame; and 

21 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 

22 Committee. 

23 SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

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

25 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 


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

2 States Mint may be used to strike any particular quality 

3 of the coins minted under this Act. 

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

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

6 period beginning on January 1, 2017. 

7 SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 

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

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

10 of— 

11 (1) the face value of the coins; 

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

13 respect to such coins; and 

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

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

16 overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping). 

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

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

19 discount. 

20 (c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 

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

22 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 

23 before the issuance of such coins. 


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1 (2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre2 paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea3 sonable discount. 

4 SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 

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

6 Act shall include a surcharge of— 

7 (1) $35 per coin for the $5 coin; 

8 (2) $10 per coin for the $1 coin; and 

9 (3) $5 per coin for the half-dollar coin. 

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

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

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

13 shall be promptly paid by the Secretary to the Pro Foot14 ball Hall of Fame, to help finance the construction of a 

15 new building and renovation of existing Pro Football Hall 

16 of Fame facilities. 

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

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

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

20 amounts received under subsection (b). 

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

22 no surcharge may be included with respect to the issuance 

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

24 of the time of such issuance, the issuance of such coin 

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1 grams issued during such year to exceed the annual 2 

2 commemorative coin program issuance limitation under 

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

4 effect on the date of the enactment of this Act). The Sec5 retary of the Treasury may issue guidance to carry out 

6 this subsection. 

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