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Shown Here: Introduced in House (09/07/2011)
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.
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
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.