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HR 452 · 119th Congress · HouseEnacted

Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal Act

In plain language: This bill awards three Congressional Gold Medals collectively to the members of the 1980 U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team to honor their historic "Miracle on Ice" win and Olympic gold medal. The medals will be placed on public display at three museums: the Lake Placid Olympic Center in New York, the United States Hockey Hall of Fame Museum in Minnesota, and the United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum in Colorado. To help cover the manufacturing costs, the U.S. Mint will produce and sell duplicate bronze medals to the public.

Provisional: our plain-language summary, pending review.

Provisionalunreviewed: impact, provisions, stakeholders, summary
People affected20provisional · pending review20 members of the 1980 United States Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team explicitly named in Section 2(3).
Fiscal magnitude—No specific appropriation amount is provided in the text; production costs are charged against the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund and offset by the sale of bronze duplicates.
Reach4provisional · pending reviewrigor: heuristic llm
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Who it affects

Who it helps · who it burdens.

Who it helps

  • Members of the 1980 United States Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey TeamReceive Congressional Gold Medals awarded collectively on behalf of Congress in recognition of their victory at the 1980 Winter Olympics (Sec. 3(a)).provisional
  • Specified sports museums (Lake Placid Olympic Center, United States Hockey Hall of Fame Museum, and United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum)Receive one gold medal each to display to the public and make available for research (Sec. 3(c)).provisional

Who backs it

  • United States Mint Public Enterprise FundFinances the initial costs of striking the gold and duplicate bronze medals (Sec. 6(a)).provisional
  • Purchasers of duplicate bronze medalsPay a purchase price set to fully cover the costs of labor, materials, dies, machinery use, and overhead to acquire duplicate bronze medals (Sec. 4, Sec. 6(b)).provisional

Dollar-level funding (FEC sector totals) is coming in a later phase.

What it does

The provisions, in plain language.

  1. Awards three Congressional Gold Medals to the members of the 1980 United States Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team in recognition of their historic victory at the 1980 Winter Olympics.

    Sec. 3(a)provisional

  2. Requires one gold medal each to be given for public display and research to the Lake Placid Olympic Center in New York, the United States Hockey Hall of Fame Museum in Minnesota, and the United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum in Colorado.

    Sec. 3(c)provisional

  3. Authorizes the Department of the Treasury to mint and sell bronze duplicate medals to the public at a price covering all production costs.

    Sec. 4provisional

  4. Authorizes funding from the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund to cover medal production costs and directs sales proceeds from duplicate medals to be deposited back into the fund.

    Sec. 6(a)provisional

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Timeline

How it moved.

  1. Dec 12, 2025Became Public Law No: 119-53.
  2. Dec 12, 2025Became Public Law No: 119-53.
  3. Dec 12, 2025Signed by President.
  4. Dec 12, 2025Signed by President.
  5. Dec 1, 2025Presented to President.
  6. Dec 1, 2025Presented to President.
  7. Sep 15, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  8. Sep 15, 2025On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
  9. Sep 15, 2025Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
  10. Sep 15, 2025Mr. Williams (TX) moved that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment. (consideration: CR H4274)
  11. Sep 8, 2025Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S6439)
  12. Sep 8, 2025Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  13. Apr 28, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  14. Apr 28, 2025On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1633-1634)
  15. Apr 28, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1633-1634)
  16. Jan 15, 2025Introduced in House
  17. Jan 15, 2025Introduced in House

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