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Three gold medals are to be awarded on behalf of Congress

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, section 3, Sec. 3. Written by .

Three gold medals are to be awarded on behalf of Congress

The document says “shallWho acts: Speaker of the House of Representatives, President pro tempore of the SenateHow: statuteSec. 3 in the PDF
What the document says

“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”

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, Sec. 3

Subsection (a) is the operative provision of the Act. It directs the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange the award, on behalf of Congress, of three gold medals to the members of the 1980 team. The subsection states the recognition in the same words the Act's long title uses: the team's achievement at the XIII Olympic Winter Games, where amateur collegiate players defeated the Soviet team in the Miracle on Ice, revitalizing morale at the height of the Cold War, inspiring generations and transforming the sport.

What the document actually says

“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”

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, Sec. 3
That sentence, in plain words

Two leaders of Congress must set up the award. Three gold medals go to the 1980 team.

What this is about

One leader runs the House. The other runs the Senate when the Vice President is away. The medals come from Congress, not from them.

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