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| 5 | 5 | | To award 3 Congressional Gold Medals to the members of the 1980 U.S. |
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| 6 | 6 | | Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team, in recognition of their extraordinary |
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| 7 | 7 | | achievement at the 1980 Winter Olympics where, being comprised of |
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| 8 | 8 | | amateur collegiate players, they defeated the dominant Soviet hockey |
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| 9 | 9 | | team in the historic ‘‘Miracle on Ice’’, revitalizing American morale |
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| 10 | 10 | | at the height of the Cold War, inspiring generations and transforming |
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| 11 | 11 | | the sport of hockey in the United States. |
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| 12 | 12 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 13 | 13 | | JANUARY15, 2025 |
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| 81 | 81 | | UCHANAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 82 | 82 | | Committee on Financial Services |
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| 83 | 83 | | A BILL |
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| 84 | 84 | | To award 3 Congressional Gold Medals to the members of |
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| 85 | 85 | | the 1980 U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team, in rec- |
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| 86 | 86 | | ognition of their extraordinary achievement at the 1980 |
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| 87 | 87 | | Winter Olympics where, being comprised of amateur col- |
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| 88 | 88 | | legiate players, they defeated the dominant Soviet hockey |
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| 89 | 89 | | team in the historic ‘‘Miracle on Ice’’, revitalizing Amer- |
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| 90 | 90 | | ican morale at the height of the Cold War, inspiring |
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| 91 | 91 | | generations and transforming the sport of hockey in the |
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| 92 | 92 | | United States. |
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| 93 | 93 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 94 | 94 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 95 | 95 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 96 | 96 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Miracle on Ice Con-4 |
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| 97 | 97 | | gressional Gold Medal Act’’. 5 |
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| 98 | 98 | | SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6 |
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| 99 | 99 | | Congress finds the following: 7 |
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| 100 | 100 | | (1) The USA Olympic men’s ice hockey team 8 |
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| 101 | 101 | | competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the 9 |
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| 102 | 102 | | XIII Olympic Winter Games and known as the 1980 10 |
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| 106 | 106 | | Lake Placid games, from February 13 to 24, 1980, 1 |
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| 107 | 107 | | in Lake Placid, New York. 2 |
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| 108 | 108 | | (2) Team USA, comprised of collegiate players, 3 |
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| 109 | 109 | | defeated the defending Olympic champion the Soviet 4 |
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| 110 | 110 | | Union 4–3 on February 22, 1980, in the final round 5 |
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| 111 | 111 | | of the 1980 Winter Olympics men’s hockey tour-6 |
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| 112 | 112 | | nament. 7 |
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| 113 | 113 | | (3) The 1980 USA Olympic men’s hockey team 8 |
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| 114 | 114 | | roster included— 9 |
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| 115 | 115 | | (A) Bill Baker (Grand Rapids, MN); 10 |
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| 116 | 116 | | (B) Neal Broten (Roseau, MN); 11 |
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| 117 | 117 | | (C) Dave Christian (Warroad, MN); 12 |
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| 118 | 118 | | (D) Steve Christoff (Richfield, MN); 13 |
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| 119 | 119 | | (E) Jim Craig (North Easton, MA); 14 |
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| 120 | 120 | | (F) Mike Eruzione (Winthrop, MA); 15 |
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| 121 | 121 | | (G) John Harrington (Virginia, MN); 16 |
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| 122 | 122 | | (H) Steve Janaszak (Saint Paul, MN); 17 |
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| 123 | 123 | | (I) Mark Johnson (Madison, WI); 18 |
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| 124 | 124 | | (J) Rob McClanahan (Saint Paul, MN); 19 |
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| 125 | 125 | | (K) Ken Morrow (Flint, MI); 20 |
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| 126 | 126 | | (L) Jack O’Callahan (Charlestown, MA); 21 |
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| 127 | 127 | | (M) Mark Pavelich (Eveleth, MN); 22 |
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| 128 | 128 | | (N) Mike Ramsey (Minneapolis, MN); 23 |
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| 129 | 129 | | (O) Buzz Schneider (Grand Rapids, MN); 24 |
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| 130 | 130 | | (P) Dave Silk (Scituate, MA); 25 |
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| 134 | 134 | | (Q) Eric Strobel (Rochester, MN); 1 |
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| 135 | 135 | | (R) Bob Suter (Madison, WI); 2 |
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| 136 | 136 | | (S) Mark Wells (St. Clair Shores, MI); and 3 |
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| 137 | 137 | | (T) Phil Verchota (Duluth, MN). 4 |
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| 138 | 138 | | (4) The ‘‘Miracle on Ice’’ USA-Soviet Union 5 |
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| 139 | 139 | | final round game aired on tape delay on February 6 |
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| 140 | 140 | | 22, 1980, from the Lake Placid Games and drew 7 |
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| 141 | 141 | | 34,200,000 average viewers. The match is remem-8 |
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| 142 | 142 | | bered as a ‘‘miracle’’ as collegiate hockey players de-9 |
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| 143 | 143 | | fied expectations in defeating a Soviet team that 10 |
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| 144 | 144 | | won 4 consecutive gold medals dating back to 1964. 11 |
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| 145 | 145 | | (5) Team USA defeated Finland 4–1 in its 12 |
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| 146 | 146 | | final game to win the gold medal, its first gold 13 |
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| 147 | 147 | | medal since 1960 in men’s hockey. 14 |
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| 148 | 148 | | (6) Herb Brooks, the last player cut from the 15 |
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| 149 | 149 | | 1960 U.S. Olympic team that won gold at Squaw 16 |
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| 150 | 150 | | Valley, guided the 1980 team to its historic gold 17 |
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| 151 | 151 | | medal. Known as a motivator, Brooks molded a 18 |
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| 152 | 152 | | team built around hard work, belief in oneself and 19 |
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| 153 | 153 | | belief in teammates. He reminded his team when 20 |
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| 154 | 154 | | they played the Soviets, ‘‘you were born to be hockey 21 |
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| 155 | 155 | | players, everyone one of you . . . and you were 22 |
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| 156 | 156 | | meant to be here’’. 23 |
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| 157 | 157 | | (7) The tournament occurred at a time when 24 |
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| 158 | 158 | | the United States was struggling with rampant stag-25 |
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| 162 | 162 | | flation, high gas prices, hostages held in Iran, and 1 |
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| 163 | 163 | | increased tensions with the Soviet Union whose inva-2 |
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| 164 | 164 | | sion of Afghanistan led to the boycott of the 1980 3 |
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| 165 | 165 | | Summer Olympics. 4 |
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| 166 | 166 | | (8) The Miracle on Ice was a turning point for 5 |
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| 167 | 167 | | American hockey. The game was named the greatest 6 |
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| 168 | 168 | | sports moment of the 20th century by Sports Illus-7 |
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| 169 | 169 | | trated. 8 |
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| 170 | 170 | | (9) The historic win brought hockey to the 9 |
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| 171 | 171 | | front-page of newspapers everywhere, and forever 10 |
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| 172 | 172 | | opened the door to the National Hockey League for 11 |
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| 173 | 173 | | American-born players. The impact of the event was 12 |
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| 174 | 174 | | far-reaching and is still being felt today. 13 |
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| 175 | 175 | | (10) Since 1980 American interest in the sport 14 |
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| 176 | 176 | | of hockey has increased exponentially. Registrations 15 |
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| 177 | 177 | | with USA Hockey have increased by nearly 400 per-16 |
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| 178 | 178 | | cent since 1980 from 136,000 to over 564,000, and 17 |
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| 179 | 179 | | the number of National Hockey League players from 18 |
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| 180 | 180 | | the United States has increased from 72 in 1980 to 19 |
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| 181 | 181 | | 245 in 2024. 20 |
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| 182 | 182 | | SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDALS. 21 |
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| 183 | 183 | | (a) A |
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| 184 | 184 | | WARDAUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of the 22 |
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| 185 | 185 | | House of Representatives and the President pro tempore 23 |
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| 186 | 186 | | of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements for the 24 |
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| 187 | 187 | | presentation, on behalf of the Congress, of 3 gold medals 25 |
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| 191 | 191 | | of appropriate design to the members of the 1980 U.S. 1 |
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| 192 | 192 | | Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team, in recognition of their 2 |
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| 193 | 193 | | extraordinary achievement at the 1980 Olympic Winter 3 |
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| 194 | 194 | | Games where, being comprised of amateur collegiate play-4 |
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| 195 | 195 | | ers, they defeated the dominant Soviet hockey team in the 5 |
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| 196 | 196 | | historic ‘‘Miracle on Ice’’, revitalizing American morale at 6 |
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| 197 | 197 | | the height of the Cold War, inspiring generations and 7 |
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| 198 | 198 | | transforming the sport of hockey in the United States. 8 |
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| 199 | 199 | | (b) D |
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| 200 | 200 | | ESIGN ANDSTRIKING.—For the purpose of the 9 |
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| 201 | 201 | | award referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the 10 |
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| 202 | 202 | | Treasury (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall 11 |
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| 203 | 203 | | strike gold medals with suitable emblems, devices, and in-12 |
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| 204 | 204 | | scriptions to be determined by the Secretary. 13 |
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| 205 | 205 | | (c) D |
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| 206 | 206 | | ISPOSITION OFMEDALS.—Following the award 14 |
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| 207 | 207 | | of the gold medals under subsection (a)— 15 |
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| 208 | 208 | | (1) one gold medal shall be given to the Lake 16 |
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| 209 | 209 | | Placid Olympic Center in Lake Placid, NY, where it 17 |
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| 210 | 210 | | shall be displayed as appropriate and made available 18 |
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| 211 | 211 | | for research; 19 |
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| 212 | 212 | | (2) one gold medal shall be given to the United 20 |
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| 213 | 213 | | States Hockey Hall of Fame in Eveleth, MN, where 21 |
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| 214 | 214 | | it shall be displayed as appropriate and made avail-22 |
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| 215 | 215 | | able for research; and 23 |
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| 216 | 216 | | (3) one gold medal shall be given to the U.S. 24 |
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| 217 | 217 | | Olympic and Paralympic Museum in Colorado 25 |
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| 221 | 221 | | Springs, CO, where it shall be displayed as appro-1 |
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| 222 | 222 | | priate and made available for research. 2 |
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| 223 | 223 | | SEC. 4. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 3 |
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| 224 | 224 | | The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in 4 |
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| 225 | 225 | | bronze of the gold medals struck under section 3, at a 5 |
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| 226 | 226 | | price sufficient to cover the costs thereof, including labor, 6 |
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| 227 | 227 | | materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses. 7 |
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| 228 | 228 | | SEC. 5. STATUS OF MEDALS. 8 |
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| 229 | 229 | | (a) N |
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| 230 | 230 | | ATIONALMEDALS.—The medals struck under 9 |
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| 231 | 231 | | this Act are national medals for purposes of chapter 51 10 |
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| 232 | 232 | | of title 31, United States Code. 11 |
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| 233 | 233 | | (b) N |
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| 234 | 234 | | UMISMATICITEMS.—For purposes of sections 12 |
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| 235 | 235 | | 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all medals 13 |
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| 236 | 236 | | struck under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic 14 |
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| 237 | 237 | | items. 15 |
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| 238 | 238 | | SEC. 6. AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS; PROCEEDS OF 16 |
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| 239 | 239 | | SALE. 17 |
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| 240 | 240 | | (a) A |
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| 241 | 241 | | UTHORITYTOUSEFUNDAMOUNTS.—There is 18 |
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| 242 | 242 | | authorized to be charged against the United States Mint 19 |
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| 243 | 243 | | Public Enterprise Fund such amounts as may be nec-20 |
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| 244 | 244 | | essary to pay for the costs of the medals struck pursuant 21 |
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| 245 | 245 | | to this Act. 22 |
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| 246 | 246 | | (b) P |
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| 247 | 247 | | ROCEEDS OF SALE.—The amounts received 23 |
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| 248 | 248 | | from the sale of duplicate bronze medals authorized under 24 |
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| 253 | 253 | | Public Enterprise Fund. 2 |
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