Negro Leagues Baseball Centennial Commemorative Coin Act

116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 2321 AN ACT To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint a coin in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the estab- lishment of Negro Leagues baseball. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2 † S 2321 ES SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Negro Leagues Base- 2 ball Centennial Commemorative Coin Act’’. 3 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 4 The Congress finds the following: 5 (1) The year 2020 marks the 100th anniversary 6 of the establishment of the Negro National League, 7 a professional baseball league formed in response to 8 African-American players being banned from the 9 major leagues. 10 (2) On February 13, 1920, Andrew ‘‘Rube’’ 11 Foster convened a meeting of 8 independent Afri- 12 can-American baseball team owners at the Paseo 13 YMCA in Kansas City, Missouri, to form a ‘‘league 14 of their own,’’ establishing the Negro National 15 League, the first successful, organized professional 16 African-American baseball league in the United 17 States. 18 (3) Soon, additional leagues formed in eastern 19 and southern States. 20 (4) The Negro Leagues would operate for 40 21 years until 1960. 22 (5) The story of the Negro Leagues is a story 23 of strong-willed athletes who forged a glorious his- 24 tory in the midst of an inglorious era of segregation 25 in the United States. 26 3 † S 2321 ES (6) The passion of the Negro Leagues players 1 for the ‘‘National Pastime’’ would not only change 2 the game, but also the United States. 3 (7) The creation of the Negro Leagues provided 4 a playing field for more than 2,600 African-Amer- 5 ican and Hispanic baseball players to showcase their 6 world-class baseball abilities. 7 (8) The Negro Leagues introduced an exciting 8 brand of baseball that was in stark contrast to 9 Major League Baseball. 10 (9) A fast, aggressive style of play attracted 11 black and white fans who sat together to watch 12 those games at a time when it was virtually unheard 13 of to interact socially in such a way. 14 (10) Negro Leagues baseball would become a 15 catalyst for economic development across the United 16 States in major urban centers such as Kansas City, 17 St. Louis, New York, Memphis, Baltimore, Wash- 18 ington, DC, Chicago, and Atlanta. 19 (11) The Negro Leagues pioneered ‘‘Night 20 Baseball’’ in 1930, 5 years before Major League 21 Baseball, and would introduce game-changing inno- 22 vations such as shin guards and the batting helmet. 23 4 † S 2321 ES (12) The Negro Leagues helped make the Na- 1 tional Pastime a global game as players from the 2 Negro Leagues— 3 (A) were the first people from the United 4 States to play in many Spanish-speaking coun- 5 tries; and 6 (B) introduced professional baseball to the 7 Japanese in 1927. 8 (13) Jackie Robinson, a military veteran and 9 former member of the Negro Leagues’ Kansas City 10 Monarchs, would break Major League Baseball’s 11 color barrier on April 15, 1947, with the Brooklyn 12 Dodgers, paving the way for other African-American 13 and Hispanic baseball players. 14 (14) The Negro Leagues were born out of seg- 15 regation yet would become a driving force for social 16 change in the United States. 17 (15) The Negro Leagues produced future Major 18 League Baseball stars, including Leroy ‘‘Satchel’’ 19 Paige, Larry Doby, Willie Mays, Henry Aaron, 20 Ernie Banks, and Roy Campanella. 21 (16) The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum was 22 established in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1990— 23 (A) to save from extinction a precious 24 piece of Americana and baseball history; and 25 5 † S 2321 ES (B) to use the many life lessons of the 1 powerful story of triumph over adversity of 2 Negro Leagues players to promote tolerance, di- 3 versity, and inclusion. 4 (17) In 2006, Congress granted National Des- 5 ignation to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, 6 recognizing it as ‘‘America’s Home’’ for Negro 7 Leagues baseball history. 8 SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 9 (a) DENOMINATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treas- 10 ury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 11 shall mint and issue the following coins: 12 (1) $5 GOLD COINS.—Not more than 50,000 $5 13 coins, which shall— 14 (A) weigh 8.359 grams; 15 (B) have a diameter of 0.850 inches; and 16 (C) contain not less than 90 percent gold. 17 (2) $1 SILVER COINS.—Not more than 400,000 18 $1 coins, which shall— 19 (A) weigh 26.73 grams; 20 (B) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 21 (C) contain not less than 90 percent silver. 22 (3) HALF-DOLLAR CLAD COINS.—Not more 23 than 400,000 half-dollar coins which shall— 24 (A) weigh 11.34 grams; 25 6 † S 2321 ES (B) have a diameter of 1.205 inches; and 1 (C) be minted to the specifications for half- 2 dollar coins contained in section 5112(b) of title 3 31, United States Code. 4 (b) LEGAL TENDER.—The coins minted under this 5 Act shall be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of 6 title 31, United States Code. 7 (c) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of section 8 5134 of title 31, United States Code, all coins minted 9 under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic items. 10 SEC. 4. DESIGNS OF COINS. 11 (a) DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.— 12 (1) IN GENERAL.—The designs of the coins 13 minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the 14 Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and its mission to 15 promote tolerance, diversity, and inclusion. 16 (2) DESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS.—On 17 each coin minted under this Act there shall be— 18 (A) a designation of the value of the coin; 19 (B) an inscription of the year ‘‘2022’’; and 20 (C) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, 21 ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer- 22 ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 23 (b) SELECTION.—The designs for the coins minted 24 under this Act shall be— 25 7 † S 2321 ES (1) selected by the Secretary after consultation 1 with the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and the 2 Commission of Fine Arts; and 3 (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 4 Committee. 5 SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 6 (a) QUALITY OF COINS.—Coins minted under this 7 Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 8 (b) MINT FACILITIES.—Only 1 facility of the United 9 States Mint may be used to strike any particular quality 10 of the coins minted under this Act. 11 (c) PERIOD FOR ISSUANCE.—The Secretary may 12 issue coins minted under this Act only during the 1-year 13 period beginning on January 1, 2022. 14 SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 15 (a) SALE PRICE.—The coins issued under this Act 16 shall be sold by the Secretary at a price equal to the sum 17 of— 18 (1) the face value of the coins; 19 (2) the surcharge provided in section 7(a) with 20 respect to such coins; and 21 (3) the cost of designing and issuing the coins 22 (including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, 23 overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping). 24 8 † S 2321 ES (b) BULK SALES.—The Secretary shall make bulk 1 sales of the coins issued under this Act at a reasonable 2 discount. 3 (c) PREPAID ORDERS.— 4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall accept 5 prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 6 before the issuance of such coins. 7 (2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre- 8 paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea- 9 sonable discount. 10 SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 11 (a) IN GENERAL.—All sales of coins issued under this 12 Act shall include a surcharge of— 13 (1) $35 per coin for the $5 coin; 14 (2) $10 per coin for the $1 coin; and 15 (3) $5 per coin for the half-dollar coin. 16 (b) DISTRIBUTION.—Subject to section 5134(f)(1) of 17 title 31, United States Code, all surcharges received by 18 the Secretary from the sale of coins issued under this Act 19 shall be promptly paid by the Secretary to the Negro 20 Leagues Baseball Museum for educational and outreach 21 programs and exhibits. 22 (c) AUDITS.—The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum 23 shall be subject to the audit requirements of section 24 9 † S 2321 ES 5134(f)(2) of title 31, United States Code, with regard 1 to the amounts received under subsection (b). 2 (d) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), 3 no surcharge may be included with respect to the issuance 4 under this Act of any coin during a calendar year if, as 5 of the time of such issuance, the issuance of such coin 6 would result in the number of commemorative coin pro- 7 grams issued during such year to exceed the annual 2 8 commemorative coin program issuance limitation under 9 section 5112(m)(1) of title 31, United States Code (as in 10 effect on the date of the enactment of this Act). The Sec- 11 retary of the Treasury may issue guidance to carry out 12 this subsection. 13 SEC. 8. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES. 14 The Secretary shall take such actions as may be nec- 15 essary to ensure that— 16 (1) minting and issuing coins under this Act 17 will not result in any net cost to the United States 18 Government; and 19 (2) no funds, including applicable surcharges, 20 are disbursed to any recipient designated in section 21 7 until the total cost of designing and issuing all of 22 the coins authorized by this Act (including labor, 23 materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead expenses, 24 marketing, and shipping) is recovered by the United 25 10 † S 2321 ES States Treasury, consistent with sections 5112(m) 1 and 5134(f) of title 31, United States Code. 2 SEC. 9. MARKETING AND EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN. 3 The Secretary shall develop and execute a marketing, 4 advertising, promotional, and educational program to pro- 5 mote the collecting of the coins authorized under this sub- 6 section. 7 Passed the Senate March 5, 2020. Attest: Secretary. 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 2321 AN ACT To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint a coin in commemoration of the 100th anniver- sary of the establishment of Negro Leagues base- ball.