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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4148

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 24, 1996

Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey (for himself and Mr. FLAKE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services

A BILL

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.

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
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1 major league baseball by Jackie Robinson, the Secretary

2 of the Treasury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the

3 ‘‘Secretary’’) shall mint and issue not more than 500,000

4 1 dollar coins, which shall—

5 (1) weigh 26.73 grams;

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

7 (3) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent

8 copper.

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

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

11 title 31, United States Code.

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

13 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins minted

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

15 SEC. 3. SOURCES OF BULLION.

16 The Secretary shall obtain silver for minting coins

17 under this Act only from stockpiles established under the

18 Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act.

19 SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS.

20 (a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.—

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—The design—

22 (A) on the obverse side of the coins minted

23 under this Act shall be emblematic of Jackie

24 Robinson; and
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1 (B) on the reverse side of such coins shall

2 be emblematic of Jackie Robinson’s association

3 with and contributions to major league baseball.

4 (2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On

5 each coin minted under this Act there shall be—

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

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

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

9 ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer10 ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’.

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

12 under this Act shall be—

13 (1) selected by the Secretary after consultation

14 with the Jackie Robinson Foundation and the Com15 mission of Fine Arts; and

16 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Commemorative

17 Coin Advisory Committee.

18 SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS.

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

20 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities.

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

22 States Mint may be used to strike any particular quality

23 of the coins minted under this Act.
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1 (c) COMMENCEMENT OF ISSUANCE.—The Secretary

2 may issue coins minted under this Act beginning April 15,

3 1997.

4 (d) TERMINATION OF MINTING AUTHORITY.—No

5 coins may be minted under this Act after December 15,

6 1998.

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 subsection (d)

13 with 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 (d) SURCHARGES.—All sales shall include a sur5 charge of $10 per coin.

6 SEC. 7. GENERAL WAIVER OF PROCUREMENT REGULA7 TIONS.

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

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

10 contracts shall be applicable to the procurement of goods

11 and services necessary for carrying out the provisions of

12 this Act.

13 (b) EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY.—Sub14 section (a) shall not relieve any person entering into a con15 tract under the authority of this Act from complying with

16 any law relating to equal employment opportunity.

17 SEC. 8. DISTRIBUTION OF SURCHARGES.

18 Subject to section 10(a), all surcharges received by

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

20 shall be promptly paid by the Secretary to the Jackie Rob21 inson Foundation (hereafter in this Act referred to as the

22 Foundation’’) for the purpose of—

23 (1) enhancing the programs of the Foundation

24 in the field of education and youth leadership skills

25 development; and
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1 (2) increasing the availability of scholarships

2 for youth with the greatest need.

3 SEC. 9. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES.

4 (a) NO NET COST TO THE GOVERNMENT.—The Sec5 retary shall take such actions as may be necessary to en6 sure that minting and issuing coins under this Act will

7 not result in any net cost to the United States Govern8 ment.

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

10 under this Act unless the Secretary has received—

11 (1) full payment for the coin;

12 (2) security satisfactory to the Secretary to in13 demnify the United States for full payment; or

14 (3) a guarantee of full payment satisfactory to

15 the Secretary from a depository institution whose

16 deposits are insured by the Federal Deposit Insur17 ance Corporation or the National Credit Union Ad18 ministration Board.

19 SEC. 10. CONDITIONS ON PAYMENT OF SURCHARGES.

20 (a) PAYMENT OF SURCHARGES.—Notwithstanding

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

22 proceeds of any surcharge imposed on the sale of coins

23 issued under this Act shall be paid to the Foundation un24 less—
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1 (1) all numismatic operation and program costs

2 allocable to the program under which such coins are

3 produced and sold have been recovered; and

4 (2) the Foundation submits an audited finan5 cial statement which demonstrates to the satisfaction

6 of the Secretary that, with respect to all projects or

7 purposes for which the proceeds of such surcharge

8 may be used, the Foundation has raised funds from

9 private sources for such projects and purposes in an

10 amount which is equal to or greater than the maxi11 mum amount the Foundation may receive from the

12 proceeds of such surcharge.

13 (b) ANNUAL AUDITS.—

14 (1) ANNUAL AUDITS OF RECIPIENTS RE15 QUIRED.—The Foundation shall provide, as a condi16 tion for receiving any amount derived from the pro17 ceeds of any surcharge imposed on the sale of coins

18 issued under this Act, for an annual audit, in ac19 cordance with generally accepted government audit20 ing standards by an independent public accountant

21 selected by the Foundation, of all such payments to

22 the Foundation beginning in the first fiscal year of

23 the Foundation in which any such amount is re24 ceived and continuing until all such amounts re-
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1 ceived by the Foundation with respect to such sur2 charges are fully expended or placed in trust.

3 (2) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR ANNUAL AU4 DITS.—At a minimum, each audit of the Foundation

5 pursuant to paragraph (1) shall report—

6 (A) the amount of payments received by

7 the Foundation during the fiscal year of the

8 Foundation for which the audit is conducted

9 which are derived from the proceeds of any sur10 charge imposed on the sale of coins issued

11 under this Act;

12 (B) the amount expended by the Founda13 tion from the proceeds of such surcharges dur14 ing the fiscal year of the Foundation for which

15 the audit is conducted; and

16 (C) whether all expenditures by the Foun17 dation from the proceeds of such surcharges

18 during the fiscal year of the Foundation for

19 which the audit is conducted were for author20 ized purposes.

21 (3) RESPONSIBILITY OF FOUNDATION TO AC22 COUNT FOR EXPENDITURES OF SURCHARGES.—The

23 Foundation shall take appropriate steps, as a condi24 tion for receiving any payment of any amount de25 rived from the proceeds of any surcharge imposed on
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1 the sale of coins issued under this Act, to ensure

2 that the receipt of the payment and the expenditure

3 of the proceeds of such surcharge by the Foundation

4 in each fiscal year of the Foundation can be ac5 counted for separately from all other revenues and

6 expenditures of the Foundation.

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

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

9 Foundation for which an audit is required under

10 paragraph (1), the Foundation shall—

11 (A) submit a copy of the report to the Sec12 retary; and

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

14 the public.

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

16 Foundation may use any amount received from pay17 ments derived from the proceeds of any surcharge

18 imposed on the sale of coins issued under this Act

19 to pay the cost of an audit required under para20 graph (1).

21 (6) WAIVER OF SUBSECTION.—The Secretary

22 may waive the application of any paragraph of this

23 subsection to the Foundation for any fiscal year

24 after taking into account the amount of surcharges
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1 which such Foundation received or expended during

2 such year.

3 (7) AVAILABILITY OF BOOKS AND RECORDS.—

4 The Foundation shall provide, as a condition for re5 ceiving any payment derived from the proceeds of

6 any surcharge imposed on the sale of coins issued

7 under this Act, to the Inspector General of the De8 partment of the Treasury or the Comptroller Gen9 eral of the United States, upon the request of such

10 Inspector General or the Comptroller General, all

11 books, records, and workpapers belonging to or used

12 by the Foundation, or by any independent public ac13 countant who audited the Foundation in accordance

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

15 or expenditure of any such amount by the Founda16 tion.

17 (c) USE OF AGENTS OR ATTORNEYS TO INFLUENCE

18 COMMEMORATIVE COIN LEGISLATION.—No portion of any

19 payment to the Foundation from amounts derived from

20 the proceeds of surcharges imposed on the sale of coins

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

22 by the Foundation to compensate any agent or attorney

23 for services rendered to support or influence in any way
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1 legislative action of the Congress relating to the coins

2 minted and issued under this Act.

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