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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pro Football Hall of 
Fame Commemorative Coin Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Pro Football Hall of Fame’s mission 
is— 
(A) to honor individuals who have made 
outstanding contributions to professional foot-
ball; 
(B) to preserve professional football’s his-
toric documents and artifacts; 
(C) to educate the public regarding the ori-
gin, development, and growth of professional 
football as an important part of American cul-
ture; and 
(D) to promote the positive values of the 
sport. 
(2) The Pro Football Hall of Fame opened its 
doors on September 7, 1963. On that day a charter 
class of 17 players, coaches, and contributors were 
enshrined. Among the group were such legends as 
Sammy Baugh, Red Grange, George Halas, Don 
Hutson, Bronko 
Nagurski, 
and 
Jim 
Thorpe. 
Through 2012, there are 273 members who have 
been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. 
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Three distinct iconic symbols represent an individ-
ual’s membership in the Hall of Fame: a bronze 
bust, a Hall of Fame gold jacket, and a Hall of 
Fame ring. 
(3) The Pro Football Hall of Fame has wel-
comed nearly 9 million visitors from around the 
world since opening in 1963. The museum has 
grown from its original 19,000-square-foot building 
to an 118,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility as 
result of expansions in 1971, 1978, 1995, and most 
recently in 2011–2013. In addition, major exhibit 
renovations have been completed in 2003, 2008, and 
2009. 
(4) The Pro Football Hall of Fame houses the 
world’s largest collection on professional football. In-
cluded in the museum’s vast collection are more 
than 20,000 three-dimensional artifacts and more 
than 20 million pages of documents including nearly 
3,000,000 photographic images. 
(5) The Pro Football Hall of Fame reaches a 
world-wide audience of nearly 15,000,000 people an-
nually through visitors to the museum, participants 
in the annual Pro Football Hall of Fame 
Enshrinement Festival, three nationally televised 
events, the Hall of Fame’s Web site, social media 
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outlets, special events across the country, and 
through 
the 
museum’s 
Educational 
Outreach 
videoconferencing programs. 
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 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 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 per-
cent 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 
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(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 section 
5134 of title 31, United States Code, all coins minted 
under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic 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 
game of professional football. 
(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 ‘‘2016’’; 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— 
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(1) selected by the Secretary after consultation 
with the Commission of Fine Arts and the Pro Foot-
ball Hall of Fame; 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 FACILITY.—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, 2016. 
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). 
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(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 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)(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 Pro Foot-
ball Hall of Fame, to help finance the construction of a 
new building and renovation of existing Pro Football Hall 
of Fame facilities. 
(c) AUDITS.—The Pro Football Hall of Fame shall 
be subject to the audit requirements of section 5134(f)(2) 
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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 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 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 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 
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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 statement 
has been submitted prior to the vote on passage. 
Passed the House of Representatives August 1, 
2012. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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