119:hr:452 — Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal Act

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Pete Stauber

R Republican · House · MN-08 R+7

Chair · Energy and Mineral Resources (sub)

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Became Public Law No: 119-53.

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floor Mr. Williams (TX) moved that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment. (consideration: CR H4274)

Sep 15, 2025

floor DEBATE - The House proceeded with 40 minutes of debate on the motion to suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment to H.R. 452.

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49 Public Law Dec 12, 2025

Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal Act This act provides for the award of Congressional Gold Medals to the members of the 1980 U.S. Olympic men's ice hockey team in recognition of the team's achievement at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games.

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Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal Act This bill provides for the award of Congressional Gold Medals to the members of the 1980 U.S. Olympic men's ice hockey team in recognition of the team's achievement at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games.

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--- Engrossed Amendment (Senate)

+++ Enrolled

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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

-[H.R. 452 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]

+[H.R. 452 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

-<DOC>

+H.R.452

-In the Senate of the United States,

+One Hundred Nineteenth Congress

-September 8, 2025.

-Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R.

-452) entitled ``An Act to award 3 Congressional Gold Medals to the

-members of the 1980 U.S. Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team, in recognition

-of their extraordinary achievement at the 1980 Winter Olympics where,

-being comprised of amateur collegiate players, they defeated the

-dominant Soviet hockey team in the historic `Miracle on Ice',

-revitalizing American morale at the height of the Cold War, inspiring

-generations and transforming the sport of hockey in the United

-States.'', do pass with the following

+of the

-AMENDMENT:

+United States of America

-Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the

-following:

+AT THE FIRST SESSION

+Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday,

+the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-five

+

+An Act

+

+To award 3 Congressional Gold Medals to the members of the 1980 U.S.

+Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team, in recognition of their extraordinary

+achievement at the 1980 Winter Olympics where, being comprised of

+amateur collegiate players, they defeated the dominant Soviet hockey

+team in the historic ``Miracle on Ice'', revitalizing American morale at

+the height of the Cold War, inspiring generations and transforming the

+sport of hockey in the United States.

+

+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 ``Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold

Medal Act''.

-

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

-

Congress finds the following:

-(1) The United States Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team

-competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the XIII

-Olympic Winter Games and known as the 1980 Lake Placid games,

-from February 13 to 24, 1980, in Lake Placid, New York.

+(1) The United States Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team competed at

+the 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the XIII Olympic Winter Games

+and known as the 1980 Lake Placid games, from February 13 to 24,

+1980, in Lake Placid, New York.

(2) Team USA, comprised of collegiate players, defeated the

defending Olympic champion the Soviet Union 4-3 on February 22,

1980, in the final round of the 1980 Winter Olympics men's ice

hockey tournament.

-(3) The 1980 United States Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team

-roster included--

+(3) The 1980 United States Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team roster

+included--

(A) Bill Baker (Grand Rapids, Minnesota);

(B) Neal Broten (Roseau, Minnesota);

(C) Dave Christian (Warroad, Minnesota);

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(R) Bob Suter (Madison, Wisconsin);

(S) Mark Wells (St. Clair Shores, Michigan); and

(T) Phil Verchota (Duluth, Minnesota).

-(4) The ``Miracle on Ice'' United States and Soviet Union

-final round game aired on tape delay on Feb 22, 1980, from Lake

-Placid and drew 34,200,000 average viewers. The match is

-remembered as a ``miracle'' as collegiate ice hockey players

-defied expectations in defeating a Soviet team that won 4

-consecutive gold medals dating back to 1964.

-(5) Team USA defeated Finland 4-2 in its final game to win

-the gold medal, its first gold medal since 1960 in men's ice

-hockey.

+(4) The ``Miracle on Ice'' United States and Soviet Union final

+round game aired on tape delay on Feb 22, 1980, from Lake Placid

+and drew 34,200,000 average viewers. The match is remembered as a

+``miracle'' as collegiate ice hockey players defied expectations in

+defeating a Soviet team that won 4 consecutive gold medals dating

+back to 1964.

+(5) Team USA defeated Finland 4-2 in its final game to win the

+gold medal, its first gold medal since 1960 in men's ice hockey.

(6) Herb Brooks, the last player cut from the 1960 United

-States Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team that won gold at Squaw

-Valley, guided the 1980 team to its historic gold medal. Known

-as a motivator, Brooks molded a team built around hard work,

-belief in oneself, and belief in teammates. He reminded his

-team when they played the Soviets, ``you were born to be hockey

-players, everyone one of you . . . and you were meant to be

-here''.

-(7) The tournament occurred at a time when the United

-States was struggling with rampant stagflation, high gas

-prices, hostages held in Iran, and increased tensions with the

-Soviet Union whose invasion of Afghanistan led to the boycott

-of the 1980 Summer Olympics.

-(8) The Miracle on Ice was a turning point for ice hockey

-in the United States. The game was named the greatest sports

-moment of the 20th century by Sports Illustrated.

-(9) The historic win brought ice hockey to the front-page

-of newspapers everywhere, and forever opened the door to the

-National Hockey League for players born in the United States.

-The impact of the event was far-reaching and is still being

-felt today.

-(10) Since 1980, interest in the United States in the sport

-of ice hockey has increased exponentially. Registrations with

-USA Hockey have increased by nearly 400 percent since 1980 from

-136,000 to over 564,000, and the number of National Hockey

-League players from the United States has increased from 72 in

-1980 to 245 in 2024.

-

+States Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team that won gold at Squaw Valley,

+guided the 1980 team to its historic gold medal. Known as a

+motivator, Brooks molded a team built around hard work, belief in

+oneself, and belief in teammates. He reminded his team when they

+played the Soviets, ``you were born to be hockey players, everyone

+one of you . . . and you were meant to be here''.

+(7) The tournament occurred at a time when the United States

+was struggling with rampant stagflation, high gas prices, hostages

+held in Iran, and increased tensions with the Soviet Union whose

+invasion of Afghanistan led to the boycott of the 1980 Summer

+Olympics.

+(8) The Miracle on Ice was a turning point for ice hockey in

+the United States. The game was named the greatest sports moment of

+the 20th century by Sports Illustrated.

+(9) The historic win brought ice hockey to the front-page of

+newspapers everywhere, and forever opened the door to the National

+Hockey League for players born in the United States. The impact of

+the event was far-reaching and is still being felt today.

+(10) Since 1980, interest in the United States in the sport of

+ice hockey has increased exponentially. Registrations with USA

+Hockey have increased by nearly 400 percent since 1980 from 136,000

+to over 564,000, and the number of National Hockey League players

+from the United States has increased from 72 in 1980 to 245 in

+2024.

SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDALS.

-

(a) Award Authorized.--The Speaker of the House of Representatives

and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall make appropriate

arrangements for the award, on behalf of Congress, of 3 gold medals of

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emblems, devices, and inscriptions to be determined by the Secretary.

(c) Disposition of Medals.--Following the award of the gold medals

under subsection (a)--

-(1) one gold medal shall be given to the Lake Placid

-Olympic Center in Lake Placid, New York, where it shall be

-displayed and made available for research, as appropriate;

-(2) one gold medal shall be given to the United States

-Hockey Hall of Fame Museum in Eveleth, Minnesota, where it

-shall be displayed and made available for research, as

-appropriate; and

-(3) one gold medal shall be given to the United States

-Olympic & Paralympic Museum in Colorado Springs, Colorado,

-where it shall be displayed and made available for research, as

-appropriate.

-

+(1) one gold medal shall be given to the Lake Placid Olympic

+Center in Lake Placid, New York, where it shall be displayed and

+made available for research, as appropriate;

+(2) one gold medal shall be given to the United States Hockey

+Hall of Fame Museum in Eveleth, Minnesota, where it shall be

+displayed and made available for research, as appropriate; and

+(3) one gold medal shall be given to the United States Olympic

+& Paralympic Museum in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where it shall

+be displayed and made available for research, as appropriate.

SEC. 4. DUPLICATE MEDALS.

-

The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold

medals struck under section 3, at a price sufficient to cover the costs

thereof, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and

overhead expenses.

-

SEC. 5. STATUS OF MEDALS.

-

(a) National Medals.--Medals struck under this Act are national

medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United States Code.

(b) Numismatic Items.--For purposes of sections 5134 and 5136 of

title 31, United States Code, all medals struck under this Act shall be

considered to be numismatic items.

-

SEC. 6. AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS; PROCEEDS OF SALE.

-

(a) Authority To Use Fund Amounts.--There is authorized to be

charged against the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund such

amounts as may be necessary to pay for the costs of the medals struck

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bronze medals authorized under section 4 shall be deposited into the

United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund.

-Attest:

+Speaker of the House of Representatives.

-Secretary.

-119th CONGRESS

-

-1st Session

-

-H.R. 452

-

-_______________________________________________________________________

-

-AMENDMENT

+Vice President of the United States and

+President of the Senate.

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