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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4104 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 30, 2019 
Mr. CLEAVER (for himself and Mr. STIVERS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint a coin 
in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the estab-
lishment of the Negro Leagues baseball. 
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 ‘‘Negro Leagues Base-
ball 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 
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African-American players being banned from the 
major leagues. 
(2) On February 13, 1920, Andrew ‘‘Rube’’ 
Foster convened a meeting of 8 independent Afri-
can-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 strong-willed athletes who forged a glorious his-
tory 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-Amer-
ican and Hispanic baseball players to showcase their 
world-class baseball abilities. 
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(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, Wash-
ington, DC, Chicago, and Atlanta. 
(11) The Negro Leagues pioneered ‘‘Night 
Baseball’’ in 1930, 5 years before Major League 
Baseball, and would introduce game changing inno-
vations such as shin guards and the batting helmet. 
(12) The Negro Leagues helped make the Na-
tional 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 coun-
tries; and 
(B) introduced professional baseball to the 
Japanese in 1927. 
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(13) Jackie Robinson, a military veteran and 
former member of the Negro league’s Kansas City 
Monarchs, would break Major League Baseball’s 
color barrier on April 15, 1947, with the Brooklyn 
Dodgers, paving the way for other African-American 
and Hispanic baseball players. 
(14) The Negro Leagues were born out of seg-
regation 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, di-
versity, and inclusion. 
(17) In 2006, Congress granted National Des-
ignation to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, 
recognizing it as ‘‘America’s Home’’ for Negro 
Leagues baseball history. 
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(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 numis-
matic items. 
SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 
(a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The design 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 ‘‘2021’’; and 
(C) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, 
‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer-
ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 
(b) SELECTION.—The design 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. 
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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 period 
beginning on January 1, 2021, and ending on December 
31, 2021. 
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.— 
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(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 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 as follows: 
(1) A surcharge of $35 per coin for the gold 
coins. 
(2) A surcharge of $10 per coin for the silver 
coins. 
(3) A surcharge of $5 per coin for the half-dol-
lar coins. 
(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 Negro Leagues Baseball Museum to 
fund 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). 
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(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 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. 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 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(b) 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 
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5112(m) and 5134(f) of title 31, United States 
Code. 
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