I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6751 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemorative coins in 
recognition of the life and legacy of Roberto Clemente. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 13, 2023 
Mr. ESPAILLAT (for himself, Mrs. GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N, Mr. DELUZIO, and Mr. 
RESCHENTHALER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemo-
rative coins in recognition of the life and legacy of Ro-
berto Clemente. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Roberto Clemente 
Commemorative Coin Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) Roberto Clemente Walker was born on Au-
gust 18, 1934, to Don Melchor Clemente and Luisa 
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Walker in Barrio San Anto´n, Carolina, Puerto Rico, 
as the youngest of 7 children. 
(2) Clemente excelled in athletics as a young-
ster and, at the age of 17, was playing for the 
Santurce Cangrejeros ‘‘Crabbers’’ of the Puerto 
Rican Baseball League. 
(3) In 1954, the Pittsburgh Pirates selected 
Clemente in the first round of the Major League 
Baseball Rule 5 draft. 
(4) Pirates center fielder Earl Smith wore jer-
sey number 21 until he parted ways with the team 
in April 1955, and Clemente wore number 13 until 
then. 
(5) In 1955, Clemente made his Major League 
debut as he went on to play for the Pittsburgh Pi-
rates, starting as a right fielder. 
(6) When the team traveled to Richmond, Vir-
ginia, for games or Florida for spring training, 
Clemente encountered Jim Crow laws for the first 
time when the Black players had to stay at a sepa-
rate, inferior hotel and were refused the option to 
dine with their White counterparts. 
(7) Clemente was known for being a proud 
Afro-Latino and protested the discrimination that 
Latin and Black ball players encountered. 
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(8) Clemente was known for defending the 
rights of Black and Brown people, both on the field 
and in the streets. 
(9) After the assassination of Martin Luther 
King, Jr., in 1968, Clemente and his teammates re-
fused to play until after the funerals and even wrote 
a public statement showing their respect for Dr. 
King. 
(10) Clemente became a union leader in the in-
cipient Major League Baseball Players Association 
and defended players’ rights to demand better work-
ing conditions and benefits. 
(11) In every city where the Pirates played, 
Clemente visited sick children in hospitals. 
(12) Clemente established training clinics, pro-
viding baseball lessons and fun for boys and girls in 
Pittsburgh, his home island of Puerto Rico, and 
throughout Latin America. 
(13) In 1958, Clemente enlisted in the United 
States Marine Corps Reserve after the 1958 season 
and spent 6 months on active duty at Parris Island, 
South Carolina, and Camp LeJeune, North Caro-
lina. 
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(14) Clemente served until 1964 and was in-
ducted into the Marine Corps Sports Hall of Fame 
in 2003. 
(15) By the end of his career, Clemente had 
joined the exclusive 3,000-hit club, was selected to 
15 All-Star teams, and won 12 Gold Gloves, 2 World 
Series, and a National League MVP award. 
(16) In Clemente’s 18 seasons with Pittsburgh 
he won 4 batting titles, hit 240 home runs, and 
posted a lifetime .317 batting average. 
(17) In late 1972, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake 
ravaged Managua, Nicaragua, and killed 5,000 peo-
ple. 
(18) In his philanthropic spirit, Clemente sent 
shipments of humanitarian aid to the country. 
(19) After learning that 3 previous shipments 
had been diverted by corrupt Somoza Government 
officials, Clemente decided to accompany one of the 
aid shipments. 
(20) The four-engine DC–7 plane Clemente 
chartered for a flight on New Year’s Eve crashed in 
the Atlantic Ocean immediately after takeoff from 
the coast of Isla Verde, Puerto Rico. 
(21) On December 31, 1972, Clemente died in 
the plane crash at the age of 38 years young. 
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(22) Since 1973, Major League Baseball gives 
out the Roberto Clemente Award to one player in 
the league who ‘‘best exemplifies the game of base-
ball, sportsmanship, community involvement and the 
individual’s contribution to his team’’. 
(23) In 2002, Major League Baseball declared 
the first annual Roberto Clemente Day. 
(24) In 2021, Major League Baseball an-
nounced September 15 would be the permanent date 
of Roberto Clemente Day to coincide with the begin-
ning of Hispanic Heritage month. 
(25) Clemente was the first Latino player to ac-
complish many feats in Major League Baseball. 
(26) Clemente was the first Puerto Rican, and 
first person of Latino heritage, to win a World Se-
ries as a starter, be named league MVP, be named 
World Series MVP, and be elected to the Hall of 
Fame. 
(27) Clemente was posthumously elected to the 
National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973, being the 
first National League baseball player to receive the 
mandatory 5-year waiting period waiver. 
(28) Clemente was a legend in life and death, 
a baseball star, a humanitarian activist, and a sym-
bol of Latin American pride; 
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SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 
(a) DENOMINATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 
shall mint and issue the following coin: 
(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 750,000 half-dollar 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. 
(c) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of sections 
5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins 
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minted under this Act shall be considered to be numis-
matic items. 
SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 
(a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The designs of the coins 
minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the life 
of Roberto Clemente including his human rights ac-
tivism and baseball stardom legacy. At least one ob-
verse design shall bear the image of Roberto 
Clemente. 
(2) DESIGNATION
AND
INSCRIPTIONS.—On 
each coin minted under this Act, there shall be— 
(A) an inscription of Roberto Clemente; 
(B) a designation of the denomination of 
the coin; 
(C) an inscription of the year ‘‘2027’’; and 
(D) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, 
‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer-
ica’’, 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 Roberto Clemente Foundation, Roberto 
Clemente’s living family members, and the Commis-
sion of the Fine Arts; and 
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(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) PERIOD
FOR ISSUANCE.—The Secretary may 
issue coins under this Act only during the calendar year 
beginning on January 1, 2027. 
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. 
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(2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre-
paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea-
sonable 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. 
(b) DISTRIBUTION.—Subject to section 5134(f) of 
title 31, United States Code, all surcharges received by 
the Secretary from the sale of coins issued under this Act 
shall be paid to the Roberto Clemente Foundation for ap-
plication to general expenses associated with the fulfill-
ment of the mission of the Roberto Clemente Foundation 
including for costs associated with educational, youth 
sports, and disaster relief historic preservation— 
(c) AUDITS.—The Roberto Clemente Foundation, 
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 
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would result in the number of commemorative coin pro-
grams 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 Sec-
retary may issue guidance to carry out this subsection. 
SEC. 8. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES. 
The Secretary shall take such actions as may be nec-
essary 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, 
shall be disbursed to any recipient designated in sec-
tion 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 ex-
penses, marketing, and shipping) is recovered by the 
United States Treasury, consistent with sections 
5112(m) and 5134(f) of title 31, United States 
Code. 
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