The Treasury strikes the medals and picks the design
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.
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The Treasury strikes the medals and picks the design
The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of the TreasuryHow: statuteSec. 3 in the PDF
What the document says
“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.”
Subsection (b) directs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike the medals, and leaves their emblems, devices and inscriptions to the Secretary to determine. The subsection is also where the Act defines the short term "Secretary" that sections 4 and 6 then use.
What the document actually says
“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.”
That sentence, in plain words
The head of the Treasury must make the gold medals. That person picks the pictures, the shapes and the words on them.
What this is about
To strike a medal is to stamp the metal. The law does not say what goes on the medals. It leaves that choice to the Treasury.
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Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal Act, Public Law 119-53, sec. 3, 139 Stat. 703 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ53/html/PLAW-119publ53.htm
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“The Treasury strikes the medals and picks the design,” Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal Act, section 3, Sec. 3. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/miracle-on-ice-congressional-gold-medal-act/proposal/sec03-treasury-strikes-the-medals/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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