HR 452 United States House · 119th Congress

Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal Act

Summary
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.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Sep 2025
House Passage
Sep 2025
Senate Passage
Sep 2025
Signed into Law
Dec 2025
Introduced Jan 15, 2025 Signed Dec 12, 2025
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Engrossed in House Enrolled Bill · 5 edits
MODERATE
This diff represents the transition from the House-engrossed version to the enrolled version of HR 452, the Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal Act. The changes are almost entirely formatting and stylistic: standard congressional enrollment language was added (preamble, signature block), state abbreviations were expanded, and minor wording was tightened throughout. One factual correction was made: the score of the final gold medal game against Finland was corrected from 4-1 to 4-2.
TECHNICAL

The score in finding (5) was corrected from '4-1' to '4-2' for Team USA's final game victory over Finland, fixing a factual error in the original text.

Standard enrollment formatting was applied: the 'Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives' preamble was added, section headings were reformatted (e.g., 'SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE.'), and the signature block for the Speaker and Vice President was appended at the end.

State abbreviations throughout the player roster and medal disposition sections were expanded to full names (e.g., MN to Minnesota, MA to Massachusetts, WI to Wisconsin, MI to Michigan, NY to New York, CO to Colorado).

Minor wording clarifications were made: 'presentation' changed to 'award' in Section 3(a), 'American morale' changed to 'morale in the United States', 'the sport of hockey' changed to 'the sport of ice hockey' in multiple places, and 'USA Olympic men's ice hockey team' was standardized to 'United States Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team'.

The receiving institution name in Section 3(c)(2) was updated from 'United States Hockey Hall of Fame' to 'United States Hockey Hall of Fame Museum', and 'U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum' was changed to 'United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum'.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
22
Key actions
6
Committee
3
Amendments
3
Dec 12, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by President.
executive
Sep 15, 2025
Introduced
On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
lower
Sep 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to by voice vote.
lower
Sep 15, 2025
Introduced
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.
lower
Sep 15, 2025
Introduced
Mr. Williams (TX) moved that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment. (consideration: CR H4274)
lower
Sep 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S6439)
upper
Sep 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
upper
Sep 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
upper
Apr 29, 2025
Committee
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
upper
Apr 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1633-1634)
lower
Jan 15, 2025
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
lower
Jan 15, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 299 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Pete Stauber
Pete Stauber
RRepublican
MN
8
Co
Photo of Aaron Bean
Aaron Bean
RRepublican
FL
4
Co
Photo of Adam Smith
Adam Smith
DDemocratic
WA
9
Co
Photo of Addison P. McDowell
Addison P. McDowell
RRepublican
NC
6
Co
Photo of Adrian Smith
Adrian Smith
RRepublican
NE
3
Co
Photo of Ami Bera
Ami Bera
DDemocratic
CA
6
Co
Photo of Andrew Ogles
Andrew Ogles
RRepublican
TN
5
Co
Photo of Andrew R. Garbarino
Andrew R. Garbarino
RRepublican
NY
2
Co
Photo of André Carson
André Carson
DDemocratic
IN
7
Co
Photo of Andy Barr
Andy Barr
RRepublican
KY
6
Co
Photo of Andy Harris
Andy Harris
RRepublican
MD
1