Congress gives gold medals to the 1980 Olympic hockey team.

What it does

Congress awards three gold medals to the 1980 U.S. Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team. The team won a historic game against the Soviet Union. One medal goes to Lake Placid Olympic Center. One goes to U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in Minnesota. One goes to the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum in Colorado. The Treasury Department can make and sell bronze copies to pay for the medals.

Who it affects

The 1980 Olympic hockey team is honored. Three museums get the gold medals for people to see. The Treasury Department makes bronze copies and sells them.

Where it stands

299 cosponsors: 191 Republicans, 107 Democrats, 1 Independents.

• Jan 15, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
• Jan 15, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Financial Services and Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services”
• Apr 28, 2025 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1633-1634)”
• Apr 28, 2025 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Davidson moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill”
• Sep 8, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent”
• Sep 8, 2025 — Passed both chambers · Congress.gov: “Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR…”
• Dec 1, 2025 — Sent to president · Congress.gov: “Presented to President”
• Dec 12, 2025 — Signed into law · Congress.gov: “Became Public Law No: 119-53”

Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.

Money around this bill

3 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 3 reports from Dec 2025 to Dec 2025.

Those reports show $200,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 2 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.

More groups named this bill than 61% of bills with any report.

Pete Stauber, who sponsored the bill, received $937,374 from PACs for the 2026 election.

• National Hockey League — $150,000 in 1 report
• National Hockey League — $50,000 in 1 report
• Cornerstone Government Affairs Obo National Hockey League — $0 in 1 report

Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.

Words to know

• Olympic — A big sports competition where athletes from many countries compete.
• Treasury Department — The part of the government that handles money and coins.
• bronze copies — Metal copies made to look like the gold medals.
• lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
• PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
• sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.