119-hr452

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 452 Enrolled Bill

    (ENR) ]

 H.R.452

 One Hundred Nineteenth Congress

 of the

 United States of America

 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.

    (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--
        (A) Bill Baker (Grand Rapids, Minnesota);
        (B) Neal Broten (Roseau, Minnesota);
            (C) Dave Christian (Warroad, Minnesota);
            (D) Steve Christoff (Richfield, Minnesota);
        (E) Jim Craig (North Easton, Massachusetts);
        (F) Mike Eruzione (Winthrop, Massachusetts);
        (G) John Harrington (Virginia, Minnesota);
        (H) Steve Janaszak (Saint Paul, Minnesota);
            (I) Mark Johnson (Madison, Wisconsin);
        (J) Rob McClanahan (Saint Paul, Minnesota);
        (K) Ken Morrow (Flint, Michigan);
            (L) Jack O'Callahan (Charlestown, Massachusetts);
            (M) Mark Pavelich (Eveleth, Minnesota);
        (N) Mike Ramsey (Minneapolis, Minnesota);
        (O) Buzz Schneider (Grand Rapids, Minnesota);
        (P) Dave Silk (Scituate, Massachusetts);
        (Q) Eric Strobel (Rochester, Minnesota);
        (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.

    (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.

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 
appropriate design to the members of the 1980 United States Olympic 
Men's Ice Hockey Team, in recognition of their extraordinary 
achievement at the XIII Olympic Winter Games where, being comprised of 
amateur collegiate players, they defeated the dominant Soviet hockey 
team in the historic ``Miracle on Ice'', revitalizing morale in the 
United States at the height of the Cold War, inspiring generations, and 
transforming the sport of ice hockey in the United States.

    (b) Design and Striking.--For the purposes of the award referred to 
in subsection

    (a) , the Secretary of the Treasury (referred to in this 
Act as the ``Secretary'') shall strike gold medals with suitable 
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.

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 
under this Act.

    (b) Proceeds of Sale.--Amounts received from the sale of duplicate 
bronze medals authorized under 

section 4 shall be deposited into the 
United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund.

 Speaker of the House of Representatives.

 Vice President of the United States and 
 President of the Senate.