The cost of the medals is charged against the Mint's fund
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 6, Sec. 6.
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The cost of the medals is charged against the Mint's fund
The document says “can”Who acts: Secretary of the TreasuryHow: statuteSec. 6 in the PDF
What the document says
“There is authorized to be charged against the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund such amounts as may be necessary to pay for the costs of the medals struck under this Act.”
Subsection (a) says where the money for the medals comes from. Whatever amounts are necessary to pay for the medals struck under the Act may be charged against the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund. The subsection names no figure and no new appropriation, and the fund itself was created by a statute that is not indexed here.
What the document actually says
“There is authorized to be charged against the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund such amounts as may be necessary to pay for the costs of the medals struck under this Act.”
That sentence, in plain words
The cost of the medals is charged to a Mint fund. Whatever amount is needed can be taken from it.
What this is about
The Mint is the part of the Treasury that makes coins. The fund is its own pot of money. The law sets no dollar limit here.
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