H. R. 4104 

One Hundred Sixteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and twenty 

An Act 

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint a coin in commemoration of 

the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Negro Leagues baseball. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Negro Leagues Baseball Centennial Commemorative Coin Act’’. 

SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

The Congress finds the following: 

(1) The year 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the 

establishment of the Negro National League, a professional 

baseball league formed in response to African-American players 

being banned from the major leagues. 

(2) On February 13, 1920, Andrew ‘‘Rube’’ Foster convened 

a meeting of 8 independent African-American baseball team 

owners at the Paseo YMCA in Kansas City, Missouri, to form 

a ‘‘league of their own,’’ establishing the Negro National League, 

the first successful, organized professional African-American 

baseball league in the United States. 

(3) Soon, additional leagues formed in eastern and southern 

States. 

(4) The Negro Leagues would operate for 40 years until 

1960. 

(5) The story of the Negro Leagues is a story of strongwilled athletes who forged a glorious history in the midst of 

an inglorious era of segregation in the United States. 

(6) The passion of the Negro Leagues players for the 

‘‘National Pastime’’ would not only change the game, but also 

the United States. 

(7) The creation of the Negro Leagues provided a playing 

field for more than 2,600 African-American and Hispanic baseball players to showcase their world-class baseball abilities. 

(8) The Negro Leagues introduced an exciting brand of 

baseball that was in stark contrast to Major League Baseball. 

(9) A fast, aggressive style of play attracted black and 

white fans who sat together to watch those games at a time 

when it was virtually unheard of to interact socially in such 

a way. 

(10) Negro Leagues baseball would become a catalyst for 

economic development across the United States in major urban 

centers such as Kansas City, St. Louis, New York, Memphis, 

Baltimore, Washington, DC, Chicago, and Atlanta. 
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(11) The Negro Leagues pioneered ‘‘Night Baseball’’ in 1930, 

5 years before Major League Baseball, and would introduce 

game-changing innovations such as shin guards and the batting 

helmet. 

(12) The Negro Leagues helped make the National Pastime 

a global game as players from the Negro Leagues— 

(A) were the first people from the United States to 

play in many Spanish-speaking countries; and 

(B) introduced professional baseball to the Japanese 

in 1927. 

(13) Jackie Robinson, a military veteran and former 

member of the Negro Leagues’ Kansas City Monarchs, would 

break Major League Baseball’s color barrier on April 15, 1947, 

with the Brooklyn Dodgers, paving the way for other AfricanAmerican and Hispanic baseball players. 

(14) The Negro Leagues were born out of segregation yet 

would become a driving force for social change in the United 

States. 

(15) The Negro Leagues produced future Major League 

Baseball stars, including Leroy ‘‘Satchel’’ Paige, Larry Doby, 

Willie Mays, Henry Aaron, Ernie Banks, and Roy Campanella. 

(16) The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum was established 

in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1990— 

(A) to save from extinction a precious piece of Americana and baseball history; and 

(B) to use the many life lessons of the powerful story 

of triumph over adversity of Negro Leagues players to 

promote tolerance, diversity, and inclusion. 

(17) In 2006, Congress granted National Designation to 

the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, recognizing it as ‘‘America’s Home’’ for Negro Leagues baseball history. 

SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 

(a) DENOMINATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter 

in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall mint and issue 

the following coins: 

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

shall— 

(A) weigh 8.359 grams; 

(B) have a diameter of 0.850 inches; and 

(C) contain not less than 90 percent gold. 

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

which shall— 

(A) weigh 26.73 grams; 

(B) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 

(C) contain not less than 90 percent silver. 

(3) HALF-DOLLAR CLAD COINS.—Not more than 400,000 halfdollar coins which shall— 

(A) weigh 11.34 grams; 

(B) have a diameter of 1.205 inches; and 

(C) be minted to the specifications for half-dollar coins 

contained in section 5112(b) of title 31, United States Code. 

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

be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of title 31, United 

States Code. 
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(c) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of section 5134 of title 

31, United States Code, all coins minted under this Act shall 

be considered to be numismatic items. 

SEC. 4. DESIGNS OF COINS. 

(a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The designs of the coins minted under 

this Act shall be emblematic of the Negro Leagues Baseball 

Museum and its mission to promote tolerance, diversity, and 

inclusion. 

(2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On each coin minted 

under this Act there shall be— 

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

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

(C) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, ‘‘In God We 

Trust’’, ‘‘United States of America’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus 

Unum’’. 

(b) SELECTION.—The designs for the coins minted under this 

Act shall be— 

(1) selected by the Secretary after consultation with the 

Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and the Commission of Fine 

Arts; and 

(2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee. 

SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 

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

be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 

(b) MINT FACILITIES.—Only 1 facility of the United States Mint 

may be used to strike any particular quality of the coins minted 

under this Act. 

(c) PERIOD FOR ISSUANCE.—The Secretary may issue coins 

minted under this Act only during the 1-year period beginning 

on January 1, 2022. 

SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 

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

sold by the Secretary at a price equal to the sum of— 

(1) the face value of the coins; 

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

to such coins; and 

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

labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead expenses, 

marketing, and shipping). 

(b) BULK SALES.—The Secretary shall make bulk sales of the 

coins issued under this Act at a reasonable discount. 

(c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall accept prepaid orders 

for the coins minted under this Act before the issuance of 

such coins. 

(2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to prepaid orders 

under paragraph (1) shall be at a reasonable discount. 

SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 

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

include a surcharge of— 

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

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

(3) $5 per coin for the half-dollar coin. 
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(b) DISTRIBUTION.—Subject to section 5134(f)(1) of title 31, 

United States Code, all surcharges received by the Secretary from 

the sale of coins issued under this Act shall be promptly paid 

by the Secretary to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum for educational and outreach programs and exhibits. 

(c) AUDITS.—The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum shall be 

subject to the audit requirements of section 5134(f)(2) of title 31, 

United States Code, with regard to the amounts received under 

subsection (b). 

(d) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), no surcharge 

may be included with respect to the issuance under this Act of 

any coin during a calendar year if, as of the time of such issuance, 

the issuance of such coin would result in the number of commemorative coin programs issued during such year to exceed the annual 

2 commemorative coin program issuance limitation under section 

5112(m)(1) of title 31, United States Code (as in effect on the 

date of the enactment of this Act). The Secretary of the Treasury 

may issue guidance to carry out this subsection. 

SEC. 8. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES. 

The Secretary shall take such actions as may be necessary 

to ensure that— 

(1) minting and issuing coins under this Act will not result 

in any net cost to the United States Government; and 

(2) no funds, including applicable surcharges, are disbursed 

to any recipient designated in section 7 until the total cost 

of designing and issuing all of the coins authorized by this 

Act (including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead 

expenses, marketing, and shipping) is recovered by the United 

States Treasury, consistent with sections 5112(m) and 5134(f) 

of title 31, United States Code. 

SEC. 9. MARKETING AND EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN. 

The Secretary shall develop and execute a marketing, advertising, promotional, and educational program to promote the collecting of the coins authorized under this subsection. 

SEC. 10. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

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

with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined 

by reference to the latest statement titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of 

PAYGO Legislation’’ for this Act, submitted for printing in the 
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Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior 

to the vote on passage. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.