Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act - Authorizes the President to award a Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Congressional Medal to: (1) the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania, (2) the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York, and (3) the Pentagon Memorial.
Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike three designs of such gold medal to honor, respectively: (1) those who lost their lives in the the attack at the World Trade Center, (2) the passengers and crew aboard United Airlines Flight 93 that was brought down in rural Pennsylvania, and (3) those who lost their lives at the Pentagon.
Authorizes the Secretary to strike and sell bronze duplicates of such medals and to distribute any funds from such sales exceeding costs equally between the three memorial sites.
[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2864 Introduced in House (IH)]
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2864
To provide for a medal of appropriate design to be awarded by the
President to the memorials established at the 3 sites honoring the men
and women who perished as a result of the terrorist attacks on the
United States on September 11, 2001.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 7, 2011
Mr. Shuster (for himself, Mr. Altmire, Mr. Austria, Mr. Barletta, Mr.
Bartlett, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Critz, Mr.
Doyle, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Gerlach, Mr. Grimm, Mr. Heck,
Mr. Holden, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Marino, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Murphy of
Pennsylvania, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Platts, Mr. Ross of Florida, Ms. Schwartz,
Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Wolf) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial
Services
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A BILL
To provide for a medal of appropriate design to be awarded by the
President to the memorials established at the 3 sites honoring the men
and women who perished as a result of the terrorist attacks on the
United States on September 11, 2001.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act''.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.
Congress finds that--
(1) the tragic deaths at the World Trade Center, at the
Pentagon, and in rural Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001, have
forever changed our Nation;
(2) the officers, emergency workers, and other employees of
State and local government agencies, including the Port
Authority of New York and New Jersey, and of the United States
government and others, who responded to the attacks on the
World Trade Center in New York City and perished as a result of
the tragic events of September 11, 2001 (including those who
are missing and presumed dead), took heroic and noble action on
that day;
(3) the officers, emergency rescue workers, and employees
of local and United States government agencies, who responded
to the attack on the Pentagon in Washington, DC, took heroic
and noble action to evacuate the premises and prevent further
casualties of Pentagon employees;
(4) the passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93,
recognizing the imminent danger that the aircraft that they
were aboard posed to large numbers of innocent men, women and
children, American institutions, and the symbols of American
democracy, took heroic and noble action to ensure that the
aircraft could not be used as a weapon; and
(5) given the unprecedented nature of the attacks against
the United States of America and the need to properly
demonstrate the support of the country for those who lost their
lives to terrorism, it is fitting that their sacrifice be
recognized with the award of an appropriate medal.
SEC. 3. FALLEN HEROES OF 9/11 CONGRESSIONAL MEDALS.
(a) Presentation Authorized.--The President is authorized, on
behalf of Congress, to award a medal of appropriate design, such medal
to be known as the ``Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Congressional Medal'', to--
(1) the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania;
(2) the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New
York; and
(3) the Pentagon Memorial at the Pentagon.
(b) Design and Striking.--
(1) In general.--For purposes of the presentations referred
to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury (in this
Act referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall strike 3 designs of
medals, with such suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions
as the Secretary determines to be appropriate to be
representative of and in honor of, respectively--
(A) those who lost their lives in the attack at the
World Trade Center, including civilians, public safety
officers, emergency workers, and the passengers and
crew of American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines
Flight 175;
(B) the passengers and crew aboard United Airlines
Flight 93 that was brought down in rural Pennsylvania
near Shanksville, Somerset County; and
(C) those who lost their lives at the Pentagon,
including the passengers and crew of American Airlines
Flight 77.
(2) Consultation.--Before making a final determination with
respect to the design of the medals under this subsection, the
Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of Defense and such
other parties as the Secretary may determine to be appropriate.
(3) Content of medals.--The medals struck for purposes of
subsection (a) shall be gold medals.
SEC. 4. SALES OF DUPLICATE MEDALS TO THE PUBLIC TO DEFRAY COSTS.
Under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, the
Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the medals struck
under section 3, at a price that is at least sufficient to cover the
costs thereof, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and
overhead expenses. Excess funds from the sales of the duplicate medals
will be distributed equally between the 3 memorial sites referred to in
section 3(a).
SEC. 5. NATIONAL MEDALS.
The medals struck pursuant to this Act are national medals for
purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United States Code.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.
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