[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2136 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2136

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration 
 of the 50th anniversary of the breaking of the color barrier in major 
                  league baseball by Jackie Robinson.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 27, 1996

  Mr. D'Amato (for himself, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Bond, Mrs. 
Boxer, Mr. Bradley, Mr. Bumpers, Mr. Burns, Mr. Chafee, Mr. Coats, Mr. 
Cochran, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. Craig, Mr. Daschle, 
   Mr. DeWine, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Exon, Mr. Faircloth, Mrs. 
Feinstein, Mrs. Frahm, Mr. Frist, Mr. Graham, Mr. Grams, Mr. Grassley, 
  Mr. Hatch, Mr. Helms, Mr. Hollings, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. 
Inouye, Mr. Kerrey, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
Lieberman, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lott, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Mack, Mr. McConnell, Ms. 
 Moseley-Braun, Mr. Moynihan, Mr. Murkowski, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Nickles, 
   Mr. Pressler, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Reid, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Roth, Mr. 
Santorum, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Simon, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Smith, 
  Mr. Stevens, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Thurmond, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Wyden) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
            Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration 
 of the 50th anniversary of the breaking of the race barrier in major 
                  league baseball by Jackie Robinson.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Jackie Robinson Commemorative Coin 
Act''.

SEC. 2. COIN SPECIFICATIONS.

    (a) $1 Silver Coins.--In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of 
the breaking of the color barrier in major league baseball by Jackie 
Robinson and the legacy that Jackie Robinson left to society, the 
Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the 
``Secretary'') shall mint and issue not more than 500,000 $1 coins, 
each of which shall--
            (1) weigh 26.73 grams;
            (2) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and
            (3) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent copper.
    (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. 3. SOURCES OF BULLION.

    The Secretary shall obtain silver for minting coins under this Act 
only from stockpiles established under the Strategic and Critical 
Materials Stock Piling Act.

SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS.

    (a) Design Requirements.--
            (1) In general.--The design of the coins minted under this 
        Act shall be emblematic of Jackie Robinson and his 
        contributions to major league baseball and to society.
            (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 ``1997''; and
                    (C) inscriptions of the words ``Liberty'', ``In God 
                We Trust'', ``United States of America'', 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 
        Jackie Robinson Foundation (hereafter in this Act referred to 
        as the ``Foundation'') and the Commission of Fine Arts; and
            (2) reviewed by the Citizens Commemorative Coin 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 period beginning on April 15, 1997, and 
ending on April 15, 1998.

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 subsection (d) 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.
            (2) Discount.--Sale prices with respect to prepaid orders 
        under paragraph (1) shall be at a reasonable discount.
    (d) Surcharges.--All sales shall include a surcharge of $10 per 
coin.

SEC. 7. GENERAL WAIVER OF PROCUREMENT REGULATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), no provision 
of law governing procurement or public contracts shall be applicable to 
the procurement of goods and services necessary for carrying out the 
provisions of this Act.
    (b) Equal Employment Opportunity.--Subsection (a) shall not relieve 
any person entering into a contract under the authority of this Act 
from complying with any law relating to equal employment opportunity.

SEC. 8. DISTRIBUTION OF SURCHARGES.

    (a) In General.--Subject to section 10(a), all surcharges received 
by the Secretary from the sale of coins issued under this Act shall be 
promptly paid by the Secretary to the Foundation for the purposes of--
            (1) enhancing the programs of the Foundation in the fields 
        of education and youth leadership skills development; and
            (2) increasing the availability of scholarships for 
        economically disadvantaged youths.
    (b) Audits.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
have the right to examine such books, records, documents, and other 
data of the Foundation as may be related to the expenditures of amounts 
paid under subsection (a).

SEC. 9. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES.

    (a) No Net Cost to the Government.--The Secretary shall take such 
actions as may be necessary to ensure that minting and issuing coins 
under this Act will not result in any net cost to the United States 
Government.
    (b) Payment for Coins.--A coin shall not be issued under this Act 
unless the Secretary has received--
            (1) full payment for the coin;
            (2) security satisfactory to the Secretary to indemnify the 
        United States for full payment; or
            (3) a guarantee of full payment satisfactory to the 
        Secretary from a depository institution whose deposits are 
        insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the 
        National Credit Union Administration Board.

SEC. 10. CONDITIONS ON PAYMENT OF SURCHARGES.

    (a) Payment of Surcharges.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no amount derived from the proceeds of any surcharge imposed on 
the sale of coins issued under this Act shall be paid to the Foundation 
unless--
            (1) all numismatic operation and program costs allocable to 
        the program under which such coins are produced and sold have 
        been recovered; and
            (2) the Foundation submits an audited financial statement 
        which demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the 
        Treasury that, with respect to all projects or purposes for 
        which the proceeds of such surcharge may be used, the 
        Foundation has raised funds from private sources for such 
        projects and purposes in an amount which is equal to or greater 
        than the maximum amount the Foundation may receive from the 
        proceeds of such surcharge.
    (b) Annual Audits.--
            (1) Annual audits of recipients required.--The Foundation 
        shall provide, as a condition for receiving any amount derived 
        from the proceeds of any surcharge imposed on the sale of coins 
        issued under this Act, for an annual audit, in accordance with 
        generally accepted government auditing standards by an 
        independent public accountant selected by the Foundation, of 
        all such payments to the Foundation beginning in the first 
        fiscal year of the Foundation in which any such amount is 
        received and continuing until all such amounts received by the 
        Foundation with respect to such surcharges are fully expended 
        or placed in trust.
            (2) Minimum requirements for annual audits.--At a minimum, 
        each audit of the Foundation pursuant to paragraph (1) shall 
        report--
                    (A) the amount of payments received by the 
                Foundation during the fiscal year of the Foundation for 
                which the audit is conducted which are derived from the 
                proceeds of any surcharge imposed on the sale of coins 
                issued under this Act;
                    (B) the amount expended by the Foundation from the 
                proceeds of such surcharges during the fiscal year of 
                the Foundation for which the audit is conducted; and
                    (C) whether all expenditures by the Foundation from 
                the proceeds of such surcharges during the fiscal year 
                of the Foundation for which the audit is conducted were 
                for authorized purposes.
            (3) Responsibility of foundation to account for 
        expenditures of surcharges.--The Foundation shall take 
        appropriate steps, as a condition for receiving any payment of 
        any amount derived from the proceeds of any surcharge imposed 
        on the sale of coins issued under this Act, to ensure that the 
        receipt of the payment and the expenditure of the proceeds of 
        such surcharge by the Foundation in each fiscal year of the 
        Foundation can be accounted for separately from all other 
        revenues and expenditures of the Foundation.
            (4) Submission of audit report.--Not later than 90 days 
        after the end of any fiscal year of the Foundation for which an 
        audit is required under paragraph (1), the Foundation shall--
                    (A) submit a copy of the report to the Secretary of 
                the Treasury; and
                    (B) make a copy of the report available to the 
                public.
            (5) Use of surcharges for audits.--The Foundation may use 
        any amount received from payments derived from the proceeds of 
        any surcharge imposed on the sale of coins issued under this 
        Act to pay the cost of an audit required under paragraph (1).
            (6) Waiver of subsection.--The Secretary of the Treasury 
        may waive the application of any paragraph of this subsection 
        to the Foundation for any fiscal year after taking into account 
        the amount of surcharges which such Foundation received or 
        expended during such year.
            (7) Availability of books and records.--The Foundation 
        shall provide, as a condition for receiving any payment derived 
        from the proceeds of any surcharge imposed on the sale of coins 
        issued under this Act, to the Inspector General of the 
        Department of the Treasury or the Comptroller General of the 
        United States, upon the request of such Inspector General or 
        the Comptroller General, all books, records, and workpapers 
        belonging to or used by the Foundation, or by any independent 
        public accountant who audited the Foundation in accordance with 
        paragraph (1), which may relate to the receipt or expenditure 
        of any such amount by the Foundation.
    (c) Use of Agents or Attorneys to Influence Commemorative Coin 
Legislation.--No portion of any payment to the Foundation from amounts 
derived from the proceeds of surcharges imposed on the sale of coins 
issued under this Act may be used, directly or indirectly, by the 
Foundation to compensate any agent or attorney for services rendered to 
support or influence in any way legislative action of the Congress 
relating to the coins minted and issued under this Act.
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