To charter an organization and establish a medal program to honor first responders in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Grants a federal charter to the Medal of Courage and Service Corporation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Authorizes the Corporation to award and present in the name of Congress medals of courage and service to first responders in the City of Philadelphia who are selected by a committee of city and union officials and other civilian representatives.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6151 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6151

To charter an organization and establish a medal program to honor first 
               responders in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 16, 2010

 Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Fattah, Ms. Schwartz, and 
 Mr. Patrick J. Murphy of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To charter an organization and establish a medal program to honor first 
               responders in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF ORGANIZATION.

    (a) Organization.--The Medal of Courage and Service Corporation, 
located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a federally chartered 
organization.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of the Corporation is to honor first 
responders in the city of Philadelphia by, acting through the Selection 
Committee convened under subsection (c)(2), awarding the Medal of 
Courage and Service to first responders in that city.
    (c) Functions.--
            (1) In general.--The Corporation shall act as the 
        administrator of the Medal program under section 2.
            (2) Selection committee.--The Corporation shall convene a 
        Selection Committee to select first responders to receive the 
        Medal, to be organized as follows:
                    (A) The Selection Committee shall be composed of--
                            (i) the Police Commissioner of 
                        Philadelphia;
                            (ii) the Fire Commissioner of Philadelphia;
                            (iii) the president of the Philadelphia 
                        Fire Fighters' Union Local #22;
                            (iv) the president of the Philadelphia 
                        Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #5; and
                            (v) 4 civilian representatives, one 
                        appointed by each of the members described in 
                        clauses (i) through (iv).
                    (B) The chairmanship of the Selection Committee 
                shall alternate annually between the member described 
                in subparagraph (A)(i) and the member described in 
                subparagraph (A)(ii).
    (d) Annual Report.--The Corporation shall submit to Congress an 
annual report on its activities under this Act.

SEC. 2. MEDAL PROGRAM.

    (a) Authorization of Medal.--The Corporation may award, and present 
in the name of Congress, a Medal of Courage and Service of appropriate 
design to a first responder who is selected by the Selection Committee.
    (b) Duties of Selection Committee.--The Selection Committee shall--
            (1) establish criteria for awarding the Medal;
            (2) accept nominations of first responders from the Police 
        and Fire Departments of Philadelphia each calendar year; and
            (3) select no more than 3 first responders per year to 
        receive a Medal, except that in any year in which the Selection 
        Committee determines, by unanimous consent, that extraordinary 
        or extenuating circumstances exist regarding an incident, the 
        Selection Committee may select more than 3 first responders to 
        receive a Medal.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Corporation.--The term ``Corporation'' means the Medal 
        of Courage and Service Corporation chartered in section 1(a).
            (2) First responder.--The term ``first responder'' means an 
        individual who, in the early stages of an incident, is 
        responsible for the protection and preservation of life, 
        property, evidence, and the environment, including emergency 
        response providers as defined in section 2 of the Homeland 
        Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101), as well as emergency 
        management, public health, clinical care, public works, and 
        other skilled support personnel (such as equipment operators) 
        that provide immediate support services during prevention, 
        response, and recovery operations.
            (3) Medal.--The term ``Medal'' means the Medal of Courage 
        and Service authorized under section 2(a).
            (4) Selection committee.--The term ``Selection Committee'' 
        means the Medal of Courage and Service Selection Committee 
        convened under section 1(c)(2).
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