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4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1787 |
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5 | 5 | | To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemorative coins in |
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6 | 6 | | recognition of the life and legacy of Roberto Clemente. |
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7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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8 | 8 | | MARCH3, 2025 |
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9 | 9 | | Mr. E |
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10 | 10 | | SPAILLAT(for himself and Mr. MEUSER) introduced the following bill; |
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11 | 11 | | which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services |
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12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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13 | 13 | | To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint commemo- |
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14 | 14 | | rative coins in recognition of the life and legacy of Ro- |
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15 | 15 | | berto Clemente. |
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16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Roberto Clemente 4 |
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20 | 20 | | Commemorative Coin Act’’. 5 |
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21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6 |
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22 | 22 | | The Congress finds the following: 7 |
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23 | 23 | | (1) Roberto Clemente Walker was born on Au-8 |
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24 | 24 | | gust 18, 1934, to Don Melchor Clemente and Luisa 9 |
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28 | 28 | | Walker in Barrio San Anto´n, Carolina, Puerto Rico, 1 |
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29 | 29 | | as the youngest of 7 children. 2 |
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30 | 30 | | (2) Clemente excelled in athletics as a young-3 |
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31 | 31 | | ster and, at the age of 17, was playing for the 4 |
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32 | 32 | | Santurce Cangrejeros ‘‘Crabbers’’ of the Puerto 5 |
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33 | 33 | | Rican Baseball League. 6 |
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34 | 34 | | (3) In 1954, the Pittsburgh Pirates selected 7 |
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35 | 35 | | Clemente in the first round of the Major League 8 |
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36 | 36 | | Baseball Rule 5 draft. 9 |
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37 | 37 | | (4) Pirates center fielder Earl Smith wore jer-10 |
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38 | 38 | | sey number 21 until he parted ways with the team 11 |
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39 | 39 | | in April 1955, and Clemente wore number 13 until 12 |
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40 | 40 | | then. 13 |
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41 | 41 | | (5) In 1955, Clemente made his Major League 14 |
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42 | 42 | | debut as he went on to play for the Pittsburgh Pi-15 |
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43 | 43 | | rates, starting as a right fielder. 16 |
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44 | 44 | | (6) When the team traveled to Richmond, Vir-17 |
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45 | 45 | | ginia, for games or Florida for spring training, 18 |
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46 | 46 | | Clemente encountered Jim Crow laws for the first 19 |
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47 | 47 | | time when the Black players had to stay at a sepa-20 |
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48 | 48 | | rate, inferior hotel and were refused the option to 21 |
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49 | 49 | | dine with their White counterparts. 22 |
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50 | 50 | | (7) Clemente was known for being a proud 23 |
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51 | 51 | | Afro-Latino and protested the discrimination that 24 |
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52 | 52 | | Latin and Black ball players encountered. 25 |
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56 | 56 | | (8) Clemente was known for defending the 1 |
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57 | 57 | | rights of Black and Brown people, both on the field 2 |
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58 | 58 | | and in the streets. 3 |
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59 | 59 | | (9) After the assassination of Martin Luther 4 |
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60 | 60 | | King, Jr., in 1968, Clemente and his teammates re-5 |
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61 | 61 | | fused to play until after the funerals and even wrote 6 |
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62 | 62 | | a public statement showing their respect for Dr. 7 |
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63 | 63 | | King. 8 |
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64 | 64 | | (10) Clemente became a union leader in the in-9 |
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65 | 65 | | cipient Major League Baseball Players Association 10 |
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66 | 66 | | and defended players’ rights to demand better work-11 |
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67 | 67 | | ing conditions and benefits. 12 |
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68 | 68 | | (11) In every city where the Pirates played, 13 |
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69 | 69 | | Clemente visited sick children in hospitals. 14 |
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70 | 70 | | (12) Clemente established training clinics, pro-15 |
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71 | 71 | | viding baseball lessons and fun for boys and girls in 16 |
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72 | 72 | | Pittsburgh, his home island of Puerto Rico, and 17 |
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73 | 73 | | throughout Latin America. 18 |
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74 | 74 | | (13) In 1958, Clemente enlisted in the United 19 |
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75 | 75 | | States Marine Corps Reserve after the 1958 season 20 |
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76 | 76 | | and spent 6 months on active duty at Parris Island, 21 |
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77 | 77 | | South Carolina, and Camp LeJeune, North Caro-22 |
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78 | 78 | | lina. 23 |
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82 | 82 | | (14) Clemente served until 1964 and was in-1 |
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83 | 83 | | ducted into the Marine Corps Sports Hall of Fame 2 |
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84 | 84 | | in 2003. 3 |
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85 | 85 | | (15) By the end of his career, Clemente had 4 |
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86 | 86 | | joined the exclusive 3,000-hit club, was selected to 5 |
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87 | 87 | | 15 All-Star teams, and won 12 Gold Gloves, 2 World 6 |
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88 | 88 | | Series, and a National League MVP award. 7 |
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89 | 89 | | (16) In Clemente’s 18 seasons with Pittsburgh 8 |
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90 | 90 | | he won 4 batting titles, hit 240 home runs, and 9 |
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91 | 91 | | posted a lifetime .317 batting average. 10 |
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92 | 92 | | (17) In late 1972, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake 11 |
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93 | 93 | | ravaged Managua, Nicaragua, and killed 5,000 peo-12 |
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94 | 94 | | ple. 13 |
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95 | 95 | | (18) In his philanthropic spirit, Clemente sent 14 |
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96 | 96 | | shipments of humanitarian aid to the country. 15 |
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97 | 97 | | (19) After learning that 3 previous shipments 16 |
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98 | 98 | | had been diverted by corrupt Somoza Government 17 |
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99 | 99 | | officials, Clemente decided to accompany one of the 18 |
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100 | 100 | | aid shipments. 19 |
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101 | 101 | | (20) The four-engine DC–7 plane Clemente 20 |
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102 | 102 | | chartered for a flight on New Year’s Eve crashed in 21 |
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103 | 103 | | the Atlantic Ocean immediately after takeoff from 22 |
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104 | 104 | | the coast of Isla Verde, Puerto Rico. 23 |
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105 | 105 | | (21) On December 31, 1972, Clemente died in 24 |
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106 | 106 | | the plane crash at the age of 38 years young. 25 |
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110 | 110 | | (22) Since 1973, Major League Baseball gives 1 |
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111 | 111 | | out the Roberto Clemente Award to one player in 2 |
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112 | 112 | | the league who ‘‘best exemplifies the game of base-3 |
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113 | 113 | | ball, sportsmanship, community involvement and the 4 |
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114 | 114 | | individual’s contribution to his team’’. 5 |
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115 | 115 | | (23) In 2002, Major League Baseball declared 6 |
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116 | 116 | | the first annual Roberto Clemente Day. 7 |
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117 | 117 | | (24) In 2021, Major League Baseball an-8 |
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118 | 118 | | nounced September 15 would be the permanent date 9 |
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119 | 119 | | of Roberto Clemente Day to coincide with the begin-10 |
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120 | 120 | | ning of Hispanic Heritage month. 11 |
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121 | 121 | | (25) Clemente was the first Latino player to ac-12 |
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122 | 122 | | complish many feats in Major League Baseball. 13 |
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123 | 123 | | (26) Clemente was the first Puerto Rican, and 14 |
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124 | 124 | | first person of Latino heritage, to win a World Se-15 |
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125 | 125 | | ries as a starter, be named league MVP, be named 16 |
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126 | 126 | | World Series MVP, and be elected to the Hall of 17 |
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127 | 127 | | Fame. 18 |
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128 | 128 | | (27) Clemente was posthumously elected to the 19 |
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129 | 129 | | National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973, being the 20 |
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130 | 130 | | first National League baseball player to receive the 21 |
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131 | 131 | | mandatory 5-year waiting period waiver. 22 |
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132 | 132 | | (28) Clemente was a legend in life and death, 23 |
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133 | 133 | | a baseball star, a humanitarian activist, and a sym-24 |
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134 | 134 | | bol of Latin American pride; 25 |
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138 | 138 | | SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS. 1 |
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139 | 139 | | (a) D |
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140 | 140 | | ENOMINATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treas-2 |
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141 | 141 | | ury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 3 |
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142 | 142 | | shall mint and issue the following coin: 4 |
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143 | 143 | | (1) $5 |
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144 | 144 | | GOLD COINS.—Not more than 50,000 $5 5 |
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145 | 145 | | coins, which shall— 6 |
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146 | 146 | | (A) weigh 8.359 grams; 7 |
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147 | 147 | | (B) have a diameter of 0.850 inches; and 8 |
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148 | 148 | | (C) contain not less than 90 percent gold. 9 |
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149 | 149 | | (2) $1 |
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150 | 150 | | SILVER COINS.—Not more than 400,000 10 |
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151 | 151 | | $1 coins, which shall— 11 |
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152 | 152 | | (A) weigh 26.73 grams; 12 |
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153 | 153 | | (B) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and 13 |
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154 | 154 | | (C) contain not less than 90 percent silver. 14 |
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155 | 155 | | (3) H |
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156 | 156 | | ALF-DOLLAR CLAD COINS .—Not more 15 |
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157 | 157 | | than 750,000 half-dollar coins which shall— 16 |
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158 | 158 | | (A) weigh 11.34 grams; 17 |
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159 | 159 | | (B) have a diameter of 1.205 inches; and 18 |
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160 | 160 | | (C) be minted to the specifications for half- 19 |
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161 | 161 | | dollar coins contained in section 5112(b) of title 20 |
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162 | 162 | | 31, United States Code. 21 |
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163 | 163 | | (b) L |
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164 | 164 | | EGALTENDER.—The coins minted under this 22 |
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165 | 165 | | Act shall be legal tender, as provided in section 5103 of 23 |
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166 | 166 | | title 31, United States Code. 24 |
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167 | 167 | | (c) N |
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168 | 168 | | UMISMATICITEMS.—For purposes of sections 25 |
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169 | 169 | | 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all coins 26 |
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173 | 173 | | minted under this Act shall be considered to be numis-1 |
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174 | 174 | | matic items. 2 |
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175 | 175 | | SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS. 3 |
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176 | 176 | | (a) D |
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177 | 177 | | ESIGNREQUIREMENTS.— 4 |
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178 | 178 | | (1) I |
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179 | 179 | | N GENERAL.—The designs of the coins 5 |
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180 | 180 | | minted under this Act shall be emblematic of the life 6 |
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181 | 181 | | of Roberto Clemente including his human rights ac-7 |
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182 | 182 | | tivism and baseball stardom legacy. At least one ob-8 |
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183 | 183 | | verse design shall bear the image of Roberto 9 |
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184 | 184 | | Clemente. 10 |
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185 | 185 | | (2) D |
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186 | 186 | | ESIGNATION AND INSCRIPTIONS .—On 11 |
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187 | 187 | | each coin minted under this Act, there shall be— 12 |
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188 | 188 | | (A) an inscription of Roberto Clemente; 13 |
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189 | 189 | | (B) a designation of the denomination of 14 |
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190 | 190 | | the coin; 15 |
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191 | 191 | | (C) an inscription of the year ‘‘2027’’; and 16 |
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192 | 192 | | (D) inscriptions of the words ‘‘Liberty’’, 17 |
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193 | 193 | | ‘‘In God We Trust’’, ‘‘United States of Amer-18 |
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194 | 194 | | ica’’, and ‘‘E Pluribus Unum’’. 19 |
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195 | 195 | | (b) S |
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196 | 196 | | ELECTION.—The designs for the coins minted 20 |
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197 | 197 | | under this Act shall be— 21 |
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198 | 198 | | (1) selected by the Secretary after consultation 22 |
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199 | 199 | | with the Roberto Clemente Foundation, Roberto 23 |
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200 | 200 | | Clemente’s living family members, and the Commis-24 |
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201 | 201 | | sion of the Fine Arts; and 25 |
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205 | 205 | | (2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory 1 |
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206 | 206 | | Committee. 2 |
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207 | 207 | | SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS. 3 |
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208 | 208 | | (a) Q |
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209 | 209 | | UALITY OFCOINS.—Coins minted under this 4 |
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210 | 210 | | Act shall be issued in uncirculated and proof qualities. 5 |
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211 | 211 | | (b) P |
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212 | 212 | | ERIOD FORISSUANCE.—The Secretary may 6 |
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213 | 213 | | issue coins under this Act only during the calendar year 7 |
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214 | 214 | | beginning on January 1, 2027. 8 |
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215 | 215 | | SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS. 9 |
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216 | 216 | | (a) S |
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217 | 217 | | ALEPRICE.—The coins issued under this Act 10 |
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218 | 218 | | shall be sold by the Secretary at a price equal to the sum 11 |
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219 | 219 | | of— 12 |
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220 | 220 | | (1) the face value of the coins; 13 |
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221 | 221 | | (2) the surcharge provided in section 7(a) with 14 |
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222 | 222 | | respect to such coins; and 15 |
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223 | 223 | | (3) the cost of designing and issuing the coins 16 |
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224 | 224 | | (including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, 17 |
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225 | 225 | | overhead expenses, marketing, and shipping). 18 |
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226 | 226 | | (b) B |
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227 | 227 | | ULKSALES.—The Secretary shall make bulk 19 |
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228 | 228 | | sales of the coins issued under this Act at a reasonable 20 |
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229 | 229 | | discount. 21 |
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230 | 230 | | (c) P |
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231 | 231 | | REPAIDORDERS.— 22 |
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232 | 232 | | (1) I |
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233 | 233 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall accept 23 |
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234 | 234 | | prepaid orders for the coins minted under this Act 24 |
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235 | 235 | | before the issuance of such coins. 25 |
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239 | 239 | | (2) DISCOUNT.—Sale prices with respect to pre-1 |
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240 | 240 | | paid orders under paragraph (1) shall be at a rea-2 |
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241 | 241 | | sonable discount. 3 |
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242 | 242 | | SEC. 7. SURCHARGES. 4 |
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243 | 243 | | (a) I |
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244 | 244 | | NGENERAL.—All sales of coins issued under this 5 |
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245 | 245 | | Act shall include a surcharge of— 6 |
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246 | 246 | | (1) $35 per coin for the $5 coin; 7 |
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247 | 247 | | (2) $10 per coin for the $1 coin; and 8 |
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248 | 248 | | (3) $5 per coin for the half-dollar coin. 9 |
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249 | 249 | | (b) D |
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250 | 250 | | ISTRIBUTION.—Subject to section 5134(f) of 10 |
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251 | 251 | | title 31, United States Code, all surcharges received by 11 |
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252 | 252 | | the Secretary from the sale of coins issued under this Act 12 |
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253 | 253 | | shall be paid to the Roberto Clemente Foundation for ap-13 |
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254 | 254 | | plication to general expenses associated with the fulfill-14 |
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255 | 255 | | ment of the mission of the Roberto Clemente Foundation 15 |
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256 | 256 | | including for costs associated with educational, youth 16 |
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257 | 257 | | sports, and disaster relief historic preservation— 17 |
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258 | 258 | | (c) A |
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259 | 259 | | UDITS.—The Roberto Clemente Foundation, 18 |
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260 | 260 | | shall be subject to the audit requirements of section 19 |
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261 | 261 | | 5134(f)(2) of title 31, United States Code, with regard 20 |
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262 | 262 | | to the amounts received under subsection (b). 21 |
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263 | 263 | | (d) L |
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264 | 264 | | IMITATION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), 22 |
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265 | 265 | | no surcharge may be included with respect to the issuance 23 |
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266 | 266 | | under this Act of any coin during a calendar year if, as 24 |
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267 | 267 | | of the time of such issuance, the issuance of such coin 25 |
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271 | 271 | | would result in the number of commemorative coin pro-1 |
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272 | 272 | | grams issued during such year to exceed the annual 2 2 |
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273 | 273 | | commemorative coin program issuance limitation under 3 |
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274 | 274 | | section 5112(m)(1) of title 31, United States Code (as in 4 |
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275 | 275 | | effect on the date of the enactment of this Act). The Sec-5 |
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276 | 276 | | retary may issue guidance to carry out this subsection. 6 |
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277 | 277 | | SEC. 8. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES. 7 |
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278 | 278 | | The Secretary shall take such actions as may be nec-8 |
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279 | 279 | | essary to ensure that— 9 |
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280 | 280 | | (1) minting and issuing coins under this Act 10 |
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281 | 281 | | will not result in any net cost to the United States 11 |
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282 | 282 | | Government; and 12 |
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283 | 283 | | (2) no funds, including applicable surcharges, 13 |
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284 | 284 | | shall be disbursed to any recipient designated in sec-14 |
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285 | 285 | | tion 7 until the total cost of designing and issuing 15 |
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286 | 286 | | all of the coins authorized by this Act (including 16 |
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287 | 287 | | labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead ex-17 |
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288 | 288 | | penses, marketing, and shipping) is recovered by the 18 |
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289 | 289 | | United States Treasury, consistent with sections 19 |
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290 | 290 | | 5112(m) and 5134(f) of title 31, United States 20 |
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291 | 291 | | Code. 21 |
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