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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3483 

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

recognition of the 75th anniversary of the integration of baseball. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 25, 2019 

Mr. RICHMOND (for himself, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. DELGADO, Mr. KATKO, Mr. 

MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. COX of California, Mr. COOPER, Mr. RYAN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. VELA, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. 

JOHNSON of Georgia, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. 

COHEN, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. 

JACKSON LEE, Mr. RUSH, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. THOMPSON of 

Mississippi, Mr. YARMUTH, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. 

HASTINGS, Mr. BUDD, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. MOOLENAAR, 

Mr. KING of New York, Mr. BALDERSON, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mrs. LURIA, Ms. MOORE, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. BRINDISI, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. CROW, Mr. 

COLLINS of New York, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois, Mr. 

NADLER, Ms. TITUS, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, 

Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. ARRINGTON, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mr. HECK, 

Mr. WENSTRUP, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. PLASKETT, Mr. 

CORREA, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. TED LIEU

of California, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. CLARK of 

Massachusetts, Mr. HARDER of California, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. WELCH, 

Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. BEYER, Mr. MARSHALL, Mrs. HAYES, 

Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. FRANKEL, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. SEAN PATRICK

MALONEY of New York, Mr. KILMER, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. 

PETERS, Mr. CLYBURN, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. HIGGINS of New 

York, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. PASCRELL, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. 

KENDRA S. HORN of Oklahoma, Mr. LOEBSACK, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. WATKINS, Mr. SCALISE, Mrs. FLETCHER, Mr. DAVID SCOTT

of Georgia, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. 

CUMMINGS, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, and Mr. LUJA ́N) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 


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A BILL 

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemorative coins in recognition of the 75th anniversary of 

the integration of baseball. 

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 ‘‘Integration of Baseball 

5 Commemorative Coin Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 The Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) On April 15, 1947, future Hall of Famer 

9 Jackie Robinson changed the landscape of the Na10 tional Pastime and the Nation itself when he 

11 stepped onto the grass at Ebbets Field as the start12 ing first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers and the 

13 first African-American to play Major League Base14 ball in the modern era. 

15 (2) On July 5, 1947, future Hall of Famer 

16 Larry Doby took his first at-bat for the Cleveland 

17 Indians, ending the color barrier in the American 

18 League forever. 

19 (3) The integration of Major League Baseball 

20 in 1947 is recognized today as a seminal moment in 

21 the Civil Rights Movement and American history. 


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1 (4) The integration of Major League Baseball 

2 preceded the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling 

3 in Brown v. The Board of Education by seven years 

4 and the enactment of the 1964 Civil Rights Act by 

5 seventeen years. 

6 (5) The National Baseball Hall of Fame and 

7 Museum and the Jackie Robinson Foundation are 

8 dedicated to telling the story of baseball’s unique 

9 role in helping to end racial segregation and advanc10 ing civil rights in the United States of America. 

11 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

12 (a) SHAPE AND SURFACE TREATMENT.—All coins 

13 issued pursuant to this Act shall be square, with the de14 sign corner-aligned, shall be finished on the reverse with 

15 ‘‘enhanced uncirculated’’ treatment, and shall be of ap16 proximately the same size. The Secretary of the Treasury 

17 (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’), at 

18 the Secretary’s discretion, may also use the ‘‘enhanced un19 circulated’’ treatment on the coin obverse. 

20 (b) DENOMINATIONS.—In recognition and celebration 

21 of the 75th anniversary of the integration of baseball, the 

22 Secretary shall mint and issue the following coins: 

23 (1) $5 GOLD COINS.—Not more than 50,000 $5 

24 coins, which shall— 

25 (A) weigh 1 ounce; 


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1 (B) be struck on a planchet of appropriate 

2 dimensions; and 

3 (C) contain at least 90 percent gold. 

4 (2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 500,000 

5 $1 coins, which shall— 

6 (A) weigh 26.73 grams; 

7 (B) be struck on a planchet of appropriate 

8 dimensions; and 

9 (C) contain at least 90 percent silver. 

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

11 than 750,000 half-dollar coins, which shall be of 

12 such specifications as the Secretary may choose, ex13 cept that, to the greatest extent possible, such half14 dollar coins shall match in size the other coins de15 scribed in this subsection. 

16 (c) LEGAL TENDER.—The coins minted under this 

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

18 title 31, United States Code. 

19 (d) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of sections 

20 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins 

21 minted under this Act shall be considered to be numis22 matic items. 

23 SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—The design for the coins minted 

25 under this Act shall be— 


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1 (1) selected by the Secretary after consultation 

2 with— 

3 (A) the National Baseball Hall of Fame; 

4 and 

5 (B) the Commission of Fine Arts; and 

6 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Commemorative 

7 Coin Advisory Committee. 

8 (b) DESIGNATIONS AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On each 

9 coin minted under this Act there shall be— 

10 (1) a designation of the value of the coin, 

11 which, for purposes of the coins described under 

12 paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 3(b) shall use a 

13 dollar sign and a numeral rather than spelling out 

14 the denomination; 

15 (2) an inscription of the year ‘‘2022’’; and 

16 (3) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, ‘‘In 

17 God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of America’’, and 

18 ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 

19 (c) COMMON REVERSE DESIGN.—The design on the 

20 common reverse of the coins minted under this Act shall 

21 depict a baseball diamond similar to those used by Major 

22 League Baseball. 

23 (d) SELECTION AND APPROVAL PROCESS FOR OB24 VERSE DESIGN.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall hold a 

2 competition to determine the design of the common 

3 obverse of the coins minted under this Act, with 

4 such design being emblematic of the integration of 

5 the game of baseball. 

6 (2) SELECTION AND APPROVAL.—Proposals for 

7 the design of coins minted under this Act may be 

8 submitted in accordance with the design selection 

9 and approval process developed by the Secretary in 

10 the sole discretion of the Secretary. The Secretary 

11 shall encourage 3-dimensional models to be sub12 mitted as part of the design proposals. 

13 (3) PROPOSALS.—As part of the competition 

14 described in this subsection, the Secretary may ac15 cept proposals from artists, engravers of the United 

16 States Mint, and members of the general public, and 

17 shall endeavor to publicize the design contest to par18 ticipants in youth baseball programs. 

19 (4) COMPENSATION.—The Secretary shall de20 termine compensation for the winning design under 

21 this subsection, which shall be not less than $5,000. 

22 The Secretary shall take into account this compensa23 tion amount when determining the sale price de24 scribed in section 6(a). 


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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) PERIOD FOR ISSUANCE.—The Secretary may 

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

6 period beginning on January 1, 2022. 

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 winning design compensation, overhead expenses, 

17 marketing, and shipping). 

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

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

20 discount. 

21 (c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 

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

23 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 

24 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 minted under 

6 this Act shall include a surcharge as follows: 

7 (1) A surcharge of $50 per coin for the $5 coin. 

8 (2) A surcharge of $10 per coin for the $1 coin. 

9 (3) A surcharge of $5 per coin for the half-dol10 lar coin. 

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

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

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

14 shall be promptly paid by the Secretary to the National 

15 Baseball Hall of Fame, with the understanding that the 

16 Hall of Fame shall work with the Jackie Robinson Foun17 dation, so that the two organizations may develop and op18 erate education programs about the integration of base19 ball, and preserve artifacts related to the integration of 

20 baseball. 

21 (c) AUDITS.—The National Baseball Hall of Fame 

22 shall be subject to the audit requirements of section 

23 5134(f)(2) of title 31, United States Code, with regard 

24 to the amounts received under subsection (b). 


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

2 no surcharge may be included with respect to the issuance 

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

4 of the time of such issuance, the issuance of such coin 

5 would result in the number of commemorative coin pro6 grams issued during such year to exceed the annual com7 memorative coin program issuance limitation under sec8 tion 5112(m)(1) of title 31, United States Code (as in ef9 fect on the date of the enactment of this Act). The Sec10 retary of the Treasury may issue guidance to carry out 

11 this subsection. 

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