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SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 
(a) DENOMINATIONS.—In recognition and celebration of the 
National Baseball Hall of Fame, 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 diameter of 0.850 inches; and 
(C) contain 90 percent gold and 10 percent alloy. 
(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 90 percent silver and 10 percent copper. 
(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 minted under this 
Act shall be considered to be numismatic items. 
(d) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that, 
to the extent possible without significantly adding to the purchase 
price of the coins, the $1 coins and $5 coins minted under this 
Act should be produced in a fashion similar to the 2009 Inter-
national Year of Astronomy coins issued by Monnaie de Paris, 
the French Mint, so that the reverse of the coin is convex to 
more closely resemble a baseball and the obverse concave, providing 
a more dramatic display of the obverse design chosen pursuant 
to section 4(c). 
SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The design for the coins minted under this 
Act shall be— 
(1) selected by the Secretary after consultation with— 
(A) the National Baseball Hall of Fame; 
(B) the Commission of Fine Arts; and 
(2) reviewed by the Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory 
Committee. 
(b) DESIGNATIONS
AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On each coin minted 
under this Act there shall be— 
(1) a designation of the value of the coin; 
(2) an inscription of the year ‘‘2014’’; and 
(3) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, ‘‘In God We Trust’’, 
‘‘United States of America’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 
(c) SELECTION AND APPROVAL PROCESS FOR OBVERSE DESIGN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall hold a competition 
to determine the design of the common obverse of the coins
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minted under this Act, with such design being emblematic 
of the game of baseball. 
(2) SELECTION AND APPROVAL.—Proposals for the design 
of coins minted under this Act may be submitted in accordance 
with the design selection and approval process developed by 
the Secretary in the sole discretion of the Secretary. The Sec-
retary shall encourage 3-dimensional models to be submitted 
as part of the design proposals. 
(3) PROPOSALS.—As part of the competition described in 
this subsection, the Secretary may accept proposals from artists, 
engravers of the United States Mint, and members of the 
general public. 
(4) COMPENSATION.—The Secretary shall determine com-
pensation for the winning design under this subsection, which 
shall be not less than $5,000. The Secretary shall take into 
account this compensation amount when determining the sale 
price described in section 6(a). 
(d) REVERSE DESIGN.—The design on the common reverse of 
the coins minted under this Act shall depict a baseball similar 
to those used by Major League Baseball. 
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 
minted under this Act only during the 1-year period beginning 
on January 1, 2014. 
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, winning design com-
pensation, 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 minted under this Act 
shall include a surcharge as follows: 
(1) A surcharge of $35 per coin for the $5 coin. 
(2) A surcharge of $10 per coin for the $1 coin. 
(3) A surcharge of $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 promptly paid by 
the Secretary to the National Baseball Hall of Fame to help finance 
its operations.
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(c) AUDITS.—The National Baseball Hall of Fame shall be sub-
ject 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 commemora-
tive coin programs issued during such year to exceed the annual 
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, winning 
design compensation, overhead expenses, marketing, and ship-
ping) is recovered by the United States Treasury, consistent 
with sections 5112(m) and 5134(f) of title 31, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 9. BUDGET COMPLIANCE. 
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 
Congressional Record by the Chairman of the Committee on the 
Budget of the House of Representatives, provided that such state-
ment 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.