PUBLIC LAW 112–76—DEC. 23, 2011 125 STAT. 1275 

Public Law 112–76 

112th Congress 

An Act 

To award Congressional Gold Medals in honor of 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. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 

(a) AWARD.— 

(1) AUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall make 

appropriate arrangements for the award, on behalf of Congress, 

of 3 gold medals of appropriate design in honor of the men 

Fallen Heroes of 

9/11 Act. 

31 USC 5111 

note. 

Dec. 23, 2011 

[H.R. 3421] 


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125 STAT. 1276 PUBLIC LAW 112–76—DEC. 23, 2011 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3421 (S. 1239): 

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 157 (2011): 

Dec. 13, 14, considered and passed House. 

Dec. 15, considered and passed Senate. 

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and women who perished as a result of the terrorist attacks 

on the United States on September 11, 2001. 

(2) DISPLAY.—Following the award of the gold medals 

referred to in paragraph (1), one gold medal shall be given 

to each of— 

(A) the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania, 

(B) the National September 11 Memorial and Museum 

in New York, and 

(C) the Pentagon Memorial at the Pentagon, 

with the understanding that each medal is to be put on permanent, appropriate display. 

(3) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For the purposes of the awards 

referred to in paragraph (1), the Secretary of the Treasury 

shall strike 3 designs of the gold medals with suitable emblems, 

devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the Secretary. 

(b) DUPLICATE MEDALS.—Under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, the Secretary may strike and sell duplicates 

in bronze of the gold medals struck under this Act, at a price 

sufficient to cover the costs of the medals, including labor, materials, 

dyes, use of machinery, and overhead expenses. 

(c) NATIONAL MEDALS.—Medals struck pursuant to this Act 

are national medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United 

States Code. 

(d) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—Amounts received from the sale of 

duplicate bronze medals under subsection (b) shall be deposited 

in the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund. 

Approved December 23, 2011. 


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