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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2136

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration

of the 50th anniversary of the breaking of the color barrier in major

league baseball by Jackie Robinson.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 27, 1996

Mr. D’AMATO (for himself, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. BENNETT, Mr. BOND, Mrs.

BOXER, Mr. BRADLEY, Mr. BUMPERS, Mr. BURNS, Mr. CHAFEE, Mr.

COATS, Mr. COCHRAN, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONRAD, Mr. COVERDELL, Mr.

CRAIG, Mr. DASCHLE, Mr. DEWINE, Mr. DODD, Mr. DOMENICI, Mr.

EXON, Mr. FAIRCLOTH, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mrs. FRAHM, Mr. FRIST, Mr.

GRAHAM, Mr. GRAMS, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. HATCH, Mr. HELMS, Mr.

HOLLINGS, Mrs. HUTCHISON, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. INOUYE, Mr. KERREY,

Mr. KERRY, Mr. KYL, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. LIEBERMAN,

Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LOTT, Mr. LUGAR, Mr. MACK, Mr. MCCONNELL, Ms.

MOSELEY-BRAUN, Mr. MOYNIHAN, Mr. MURKOWSKI, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr.

NICKLES, Mr. PRESSLER, Mr. PRYOR, Mr. REID, Mr. ROCKEFELLER,

Mr. ROTH, Mr. SANTORUM, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. SHELBY, Mr. SIMON,

Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. SMITH, Mr. STEVENS, Mr. THOMPSON, Mr. THURMOND, Mr. WARNER, and Mr. WYDEN) 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 commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the breaking of the race barrier in major league baseball by Jackie

Robinson.
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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 ‘‘Jackie Robinson Com5 memorative Coin Act’’.

6 SEC. 2. COIN SPECIFICATIONS.

7 (a) $1 SILVER COINS.—In commemoration of the

8 50th anniversary of the breaking of the color barrier in

9 major league baseball by Jackie Robinson and the legacy

10 that Jackie Robinson left to society, the Secretary of the

11 Treasury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Sec12 retary’’) shall mint and issue not more than 500,000 $1

13 coins, each of which shall—

14 (1) weigh 26.73 grams;

15 (2) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and

16 (3) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent

17 copper.

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

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

20 title 31, United States Code.

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

22 5134 of title 31, United States Code, all coins minted

23 under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic items.
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1 SEC. 3. SOURCES OF BULLION.

2 The Secretary shall obtain silver for minting coins

3 under this Act only from stockpiles established under the

4 Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act.

5 SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS.

6 (a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.—

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

8 minted under this Act shall be emblematic of Jackie

9 Robinson and his contributions to major league

10 baseball and to society.

11 (2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On

12 each coin minted under this Act there shall be—

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

14 (B) an inscription of the year ‘‘1997’’; and

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

16 ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer17 ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’.

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

19 under this Act shall be—

20 (1) selected by the Secretary after consultation

21 with the Jackie Robinson Foundation (hereafter in

22 this Act referred to as the ‘‘Foundation’’) and the

23 Commission of Fine Arts; and

24 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Commemorative

25 Coin Advisory Committee.
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1 SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS.

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

3 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities.

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

5 States Mint may be used to strike any particular quality

6 of the coins minted under this Act.

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

8 issue coins minted under this Act only during the period

9 beginning on April 15, 1997, and ending on April 15,

10 1998.

11 SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS.

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

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

14 of—

15 (1) the face value of the coins;

16 (2) the surcharge provided in subsection (d)

17 with respect to such coins; and

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

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

20 overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping).

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

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

23 discount.

24 (c) PREPAID ORDERS.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall accept

2 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act

3 before the issuance of such coins.

4 (2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre5 paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea6 sonable discount.

7 (d) SURCHARGES.—All sales shall include a sur8 charge of $10 per coin.

9 SEC. 7. GENERAL WAIVER OF PROCUREMENT REGULA10 TIONS.

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection

12 (b), no provision of law governing procurement or public

13 contracts shall be applicable to the procurement of goods

14 and services necessary for carrying out the provisions of

15 this Act.

16 (b) EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY.—Sub17 section (a) shall not relieve any person entering into a con18 tract under the authority of this Act from complying with

19 any law relating to equal employment opportunity.

20 SEC. 8. DISTRIBUTION OF SURCHARGES.

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to section 10(a), all sur22 charges received by the Secretary from the sale of coins

23 issued under this Act shall be promptly paid by the Sec24 retary to the Foundation for the purposes of—
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1 (1) enhancing the programs of the Foundation

2 in the fields of education and youth leadership skills

3 development; and

4 (2) increasing the availability of scholarships

5 for economically disadvantaged youths.

6 (b) AUDITS.—The Comptroller General of the United

7 States shall have the right to examine such books, records,

8 documents, and other data of the Foundation as may be

9 related to the expenditures of amounts paid under sub10 section (a).

11 SEC. 9. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES.

12 (a) NO NET COST TO THE GOVERNMENT.—The Sec13 retary shall take such actions as may be necessary to en14 sure that minting and issuing coins under this Act will

15 not result in any net cost to the United States Govern16 ment.

17 (b) PAYMENT FOR COINS.—A coin shall not be issued

18 under this Act unless the Secretary has received—

19 (1) full payment for the coin;

20 (2) security satisfactory to the Secretary to in21 demnify the United States for full payment; or

22 (3) a guarantee of full payment satisfactory to

23 the Secretary from a depository institution whose

24 deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insur-
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1 ance Corporation or the National Credit Union Ad2 ministration Board.

3 SEC. 10. CONDITIONS ON PAYMENT OF SURCHARGES.

4 (a) PAYMENT OF SURCHARGES.—Notwithstanding

5 any other provision of law, no amount derived from the

6 proceeds of any surcharge imposed on the sale of coins

7 issued under this Act shall be paid to the Foundation un8 less—

9 (1) all numismatic operation and program costs

10 allocable to the program under which such coins are

11 produced and sold have been recovered; and

12 (2) the Foundation submits an audited finan13 cial statement which demonstrates to the satisfaction

14 of the Secretary of the Treasury that, with respect

15 to all projects or purposes for which the proceeds of

16 such surcharge may be used, the Foundation has

17 raised funds from private sources for such projects

18 and purposes in an amount which is equal to or

19 greater than the maximum amount the Foundation

20 may receive from the proceeds of such surcharge.

21 (b) ANNUAL AUDITS.—

22 (1) ANNUAL AUDITS OF RECIPIENTS RE23 QUIRED.—The Foundation shall provide, as a condi24 tion for receiving any amount derived from the pro25 ceeds of any surcharge imposed on the sale of coins
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1 issued under this Act, for an annual audit, in ac2 cordance with generally accepted government audit3 ing standards by an independent public accountant

4 selected by the Foundation, of all such payments to

5 the Foundation beginning in the first fiscal year of

6 the Foundation in which any such amount is re7 ceived and continuing until all such amounts re8 ceived by the Foundation with respect to such sur9 charges are fully expended or placed in trust.

10 (2) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR ANNUAL AU11 DITS.—At a minimum, each audit of the Foundation

12 pursuant to paragraph (1) shall report—

13 (A) the amount of payments received by

14 the Foundation during the fiscal year of the

15 Foundation for which the audit is conducted

16 which are derived from the proceeds of any sur17 charge imposed on the sale of coins issued

18 under this Act;

19 (B) the amount expended by the Founda20 tion from the proceeds of such surcharges dur21 ing the fiscal year of the Foundation for which

22 the audit is conducted; and

23 (C) whether all expenditures by the Foun24 dation from the proceeds of such surcharges

25 during the fiscal year of the Foundation for
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1 which the audit is conducted were for author2 ized purposes.

3 (3) RESPONSIBILITY OF FOUNDATION TO AC4 COUNT FOR EXPENDITURES OF SURCHARGES.—The

5 Foundation shall take appropriate steps, as a condi6 tion for receiving any payment of any amount de7 rived from the proceeds of any surcharge imposed on

8 the sale of coins issued under this Act, to ensure

9 that the receipt of the payment and the expenditure

10 of the proceeds of such surcharge by the Foundation

11 in each fiscal year of the Foundation can be ac12 counted for separately from all other revenues and

13 expenditures of the Foundation.

14 (4) SUBMISSION OF AUDIT REPORT.—Not later

15 than 90 days after the end of any fiscal year of the

16 Foundation for which an audit is required under

17 paragraph (1), the Foundation shall—

18 (A) submit a copy of the report to the Sec19 retary of the Treasury; and

20 (B) make a copy of the report available to

21 the public.

22 (5) USE OF SURCHARGES FOR AUDITS.—The

23 Foundation may use any amount received from pay24 ments derived from the proceeds of any surcharge

25 imposed on the sale of coins issued under this Act
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1 to pay the cost of an audit required under para2 graph (1).

3 (6) WAIVER OF SUBSECTION.—The Secretary

4 of the Treasury may waive the application of any

5 paragraph of this subsection to the Foundation for

6 any fiscal year after taking into account the amount

7 of surcharges which such Foundation received or ex8 pended during such year.

9 (7) AVAILABILITY OF BOOKS AND RECORDS.—

10 The Foundation shall provide, as a condition for re11 ceiving any payment derived from the proceeds of

12 any surcharge imposed on the sale of coins issued

13 under this Act, to the Inspector General of the De14 partment of the Treasury or the Comptroller Gen15 eral of the United States, upon the request of such

16 Inspector General or the Comptroller General, all

17 books, records, and workpapers belonging to or used

18 by the Foundation, or by any independent public ac19 countant who audited the Foundation in accordance

20 with paragraph (1), which may relate to the receipt

21 or expenditure of any such amount by the Founda22 tion.

23 (c) USE OF AGENTS OR ATTORNEYS TO INFLUENCE

24 COMMEMORATIVE COIN LEGISLATION.—No portion of any

25 payment to the Foundation from amounts derived from
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1 the proceeds of surcharges imposed on the sale of coins

2 issued under this Act may be used, directly or indirectly,

3 by the Foundation to compensate any agent or attorney

4 for services rendered to support or influence in any way

5 legislative action of the Congress relating to the coins

6 minted and issued under this Act.

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