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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 452
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.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY15, 2025
Mr. S
TAUBER(for himself, Mrs. MCCLAIN, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. KEATING, Mr.
D
AVIDSON, Mr. CRANK, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. BOST,
Ms. F
EDORCHAK, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. BABIN, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. SMUCKER,
Ms. M
ALOY, Mr. JACK, Mr. FONG, Mr. LOUDERMILK, Mrs.
H
ARSHBARGER, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. JOYCEof Pennsylvania, Mr. GUEST,
Mr. H
UIZENGA, Mr. WEBERof Texas, Mr. KNOTT, Mr. BARRETT, Mr.
M
ESSMER, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. OBERNOLTE, Ms.
M
ALLIOTAKIS, Mr. BARR, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. GIMENEZ, Mr. KELLY
of Pennsylvania, Mr. D
OWNING, Mr. COLE, Mrs. MILLERof West Vir-
ginia, Mr. N
EWHOUSE, Mr. FEENSTRA, Mr. CASTEN, Mr. WOMACK, Mr.
G
ARBARINO, Mr. SMITHof Missouri, Mr. GARCIAof California, Mr. ROG-
ERSof Kentucky, Mr. CISCOMANI, Mr. MURPHY, Ms. MORRISON, Mr.
F
ITZGERALD, Mr. EZELL, Mr. HARIDOPOLOS, Mr. MOOREof West Vir-
ginia, Mr. R
ESCHENTHALER, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. BEANof Florida, Mr.
L
AHOOD, Mr. MORAN, Mr. MCCORMICK, Mr. STEIL, Mrs. HINSON, Mr.
B
EGICH, Mr. HARRISof North Carolina, Mr. HARRIGAN, Mr.
S
CHWEIKERT, Mr. VANORDEN, Mr. CARTERof Texas, Mr. HURDof Col-
orado, Mr. G
RIFFITH, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. WIED, Mr. MOULTON, Mr.
M
AST, Mr. BRESNAHAN, Mr. LAWLER, Mr. LALOTA, Mr. LANGWORTHY,
Mr. M
OYLAN, Mr. BENTZ, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. VANDREW,
Mr. A
USTINSCOTTof Georgia, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. WEBSTERof Florida,
Mr. M
EUSER, Mrs. CAMMACK, Mr. ALFORD, Mr. KEAN, Mr. GOLDMAN
of New York, Mr. T
IFFANY, Ms. OMAR, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. TITUS, Mr.
C
AREY, Mr. KILEYof California, Ms. LEEof Florida, Mr. BACON, Mr.
D
IAZ-BALART, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. THOMPSONof Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. B
ALDERSON, Ms. TENNEY, Ms. SALAZAR, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr.
M
OOREof Utah, Mr. COSTA, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. ARRINGTON, Mr. JOHN-
SONof Georgia, Mr. EMMER, Mr. SCOTTFRANKLINof Florida, Mrs.
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BICE, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Ms. CRAIG, Ms. DELACRUZ, Mr. YAKYM, Mr.
W
ILLIAMSof Texas, Mr. RULLI, Mr. PALMER, Mr. STANTON, Mr. MANN,
Mr. G
ROTHMAN, Mr. KELLYof Mississippi, Mr. CARTERof Georgia, Mr.
G
OTTHEIMER, Mr. AMODEIof Nevada, Mr. JOYCEof Ohio, Mr. LATTA,
Mr. F
INSTAD, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mrs. FISCHBACH, and
Mr. B
UCHANAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Financial Services
A BILL
To award 3 Congressional Gold Medals to the members of
the 1980 U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team, in rec-
ognition of their extraordinary achievement at the 1980
Winter Olympics where, being comprised of amateur col-
legiate players, they defeated the dominant Soviet hockey
team in the historic ‘‘Miracle on Ice’’, revitalizing Amer-
ican 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 Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Miracle on Ice Con-4
gressional Gold Medal Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 6
Congress finds the following: 7
(1) The USA Olympic men’s ice hockey team 8
competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the 9
XIII Olympic Winter Games and known as the 1980 10
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Lake Placid games, from February 13 to 24, 1980, 1
in Lake Placid, New York. 2
(2) Team USA, comprised of collegiate players, 3
defeated the defending Olympic champion the Soviet 4
Union 4–3 on February 22, 1980, in the final round 5
of the 1980 Winter Olympics men’s hockey tour-6
nament. 7
(3) The 1980 USA Olympic men’s hockey team 8
roster included— 9
(A) Bill Baker (Grand Rapids, MN); 10
(B) Neal Broten (Roseau, MN); 11
(C) Dave Christian (Warroad, MN); 12
(D) Steve Christoff (Richfield, MN); 13
(E) Jim Craig (North Easton, MA); 14
(F) Mike Eruzione (Winthrop, MA); 15
(G) John Harrington (Virginia, MN); 16
(H) Steve Janaszak (Saint Paul, MN); 17
(I) Mark Johnson (Madison, WI); 18
(J) Rob McClanahan (Saint Paul, MN); 19
(K) Ken Morrow (Flint, MI); 20
(L) Jack O’Callahan (Charlestown, MA); 21
(M) Mark Pavelich (Eveleth, MN); 22
(N) Mike Ramsey (Minneapolis, MN); 23
(O) Buzz Schneider (Grand Rapids, MN); 24
(P) Dave Silk (Scituate, MA); 25
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(Q) Eric Strobel (Rochester, MN); 1
(R) Bob Suter (Madison, WI); 2
(S) Mark Wells (St. Clair Shores, MI); and 3
(T) Phil Verchota (Duluth, MN). 4
(4) The ‘‘Miracle on Ice’’ USA-Soviet Union 5
final round game aired on tape delay on February 6
22, 1980, from the Lake Placid Games and drew 7
34,200,000 average viewers. The match is remem-8
bered as a ‘‘miracle’’ as collegiate hockey players de-9
fied expectations in defeating a Soviet team that 10
won 4 consecutive gold medals dating back to 1964. 11
(5) Team USA defeated Finland 4–1 in its 12
final game to win the gold medal, its first gold 13
medal since 1960 in men’s hockey. 14
(6) Herb Brooks, the last player cut from the 15
1960 U.S. Olympic team that won gold at Squaw 16
Valley, guided the 1980 team to its historic gold 17
medal. Known as a motivator, Brooks molded a 18
team built around hard work, belief in oneself and 19
belief in teammates. He reminded his team when 20
they played the Soviets, ‘‘you were born to be hockey 21
players, everyone one of you . . . and you were 22
meant to be here’’. 23
(7) The tournament occurred at a time when 24
the United States was struggling with rampant stag-25
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flation, high gas prices, hostages held in Iran, and 1
increased tensions with the Soviet Union whose inva-2
sion of Afghanistan led to the boycott of the 1980 3
Summer Olympics. 4
(8) The Miracle on Ice was a turning point for 5
American hockey. The game was named the greatest 6
sports moment of the 20th century by Sports Illus-7
trated. 8
(9) The historic win brought hockey to the 9
front-page of newspapers everywhere, and forever 10
opened the door to the National Hockey League for 11
American-born players. The impact of the event was 12
far-reaching and is still being felt today. 13
(10) Since 1980 American interest in the sport 14
of hockey has increased exponentially. Registrations 15
with USA Hockey have increased by nearly 400 per-16
cent since 1980 from 136,000 to over 564,000, and 17
the number of National Hockey League players from 18
the United States has increased from 72 in 1980 to 19
245 in 2024. 20
SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDALS. 21
(a) A
WARDAUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of the 22
House of Representatives and the President pro tempore 23
of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements for the 24
presentation, on behalf of the Congress, of 3 gold medals 25
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of appropriate design to the members of the 1980 U.S. 1
Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team, in recognition of their 2
extraordinary achievement at the 1980 Olympic Winter 3
Games where, being comprised of amateur collegiate play-4
ers, they defeated the dominant Soviet hockey team in the 5
historic ‘‘Miracle on Ice’’, revitalizing American morale at 6
the height of the Cold War, inspiring generations and 7
transforming the sport of hockey in the United States. 8
(b) D
ESIGN ANDSTRIKING.—For the purpose of the 9
award referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the 10
Treasury (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall 11
strike gold medals with suitable emblems, devices, and in-12
scriptions to be determined by the Secretary. 13
(c) D
ISPOSITION OFMEDALS.—Following the award 14
of the gold medals under subsection (a)— 15
(1) one gold medal shall be given to the Lake 16
Placid Olympic Center in Lake Placid, NY, where it 17
shall be displayed as appropriate and made available 18
for research; 19
(2) one gold medal shall be given to the United 20
States Hockey Hall of Fame in Eveleth, MN, where 21
it shall be displayed as appropriate and made avail-22
able for research; and 23
(3) one gold medal shall be given to the U.S. 24
Olympic and Paralympic Museum in Colorado 25
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Springs, CO, where it shall be displayed as appro-1
priate and made available for research. 2
SEC. 4. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 3
The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in 4
bronze of the gold medals struck under section 3, at a 5
price sufficient to cover the costs thereof, including labor, 6
materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses. 7
SEC. 5. STATUS OF MEDALS. 8
(a) N
ATIONALMEDALS.—The medals struck under 9
this Act are national medals for purposes of chapter 51 10
of title 31, United States Code. 11
(b) N
UMISMATICITEMS.—For purposes of sections 12
5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all medals 13
struck under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic 14
items. 15
SEC. 6. AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS; PROCEEDS OF 16
SALE. 17
(a) A
UTHORITYTOUSEFUNDAMOUNTS.—There is 18
authorized to be charged against the United States Mint 19
Public Enterprise Fund such amounts as may be nec-20
essary to pay for the costs of the medals struck pursuant 21
to this Act. 22
(b) P
ROCEEDS OF SALE.—The amounts received 23
from the sale of duplicate bronze medals authorized under 24
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section 4 shall be deposited into the United States Mint 1
Public Enterprise Fund. 2
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