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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3421 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 14, 2011 

Mr. SHUSTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fallen Heroes of 9/ 

5 11 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds that— 

8 (1) the tragic deaths at the World Trade Cen9 ter, at the Pentagon, and in rural Pennsylvania on 


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1 September 11, 2001, have forever changed our Na2 tion; 

3 (2) the officers, emergency workers, and other 

4 employees of State and local government agencies, 

5 including the Port Authority of New York and New 

6 Jersey, and of the United States government and 

7 others, who responded to the attacks on the World 

8 Trade Center in New York City and perished as a 

9 result of the tragic events of September 11, 2001 

10 (including those who are missing and presumed 

11 dead), took heroic and noble action on that day; 

12 (3) the officers, emergency rescue workers, and 

13 employees of local and United States government 

14 agencies, who responded to the attack on the Pen15 tagon in Washington, DC, took heroic and noble ac16 tion to evacuate the premises and prevent further 

17 casualties of Pentagon employees; 

18 (4) the passengers and crew of United Airlines 

19 Flight 93, recognizing the imminent danger that the 

20 aircraft that they were aboard posed to large num21 bers of innocent men, women and children, Amer22 ican institutions, and the symbols of American de23 mocracy, took heroic and noble action to ensure that 

24 the aircraft could not be used as a weapon; and 


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1 (5) given the unprecedented nature of the at2 tacks against the United States of America and the 

3 need to properly demonstrate the support of the 

4 country for those who lost their lives to terrorism, 

5 it is fitting that their sacrifice be recognized with 

6 the award of an appropriate medal. 

7 SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 

8 (a) AWARD.— 

9 (1) AUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of the House 

10 of Representatives and the President pro tempore of 

11 the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements for 

12 the award, on behalf of Congress, of 3 gold medals 

13 of appropriate design in honor of the men and 

14 women who perished as a result of the terrorist at15 tacks on the United States on September 11, 2001. 

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

17 medals referred to in paragraph (1), one gold medal 

18 shall be given to each of— 

19 (A) the Flight 93 National Memorial in 

20 Pennsylvania, 

21 (B) the National September 11 Memorial 

22 and Museum in New York, and 

23 (C) the Pentagon Memorial at the Pen24 tagon, 


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1 with the understanding that each medal is to be put 

2 on permanent, appropriate display. 

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

4 of the awards referred to in paragraph (1), the Sec5 retary of the Treasury shall strike 3 designs of the 

6 gold medals with suitable emblems, devices, and in7 scriptions, to be determined by the Secretary. 

8 (b) DUPLICATE MEDALS.—Under such regulations 

9 as the Secretary may prescribe, the Secretary may strike 

10 and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold medals struck 

11 under this Act, at a price sufficient to cover the costs of 

12 the medals, including labor, materials, dyes, use of ma13 chinery, and overhead expenses. 

14 (c) NATIONAL MEDALS.—Medals struck pursuant to 

15 this Act are national medals for purposes of chapter 51 

16 of title 31, United States Code. 

17 (d) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—Amounts received from 

18 the sale of duplicate bronze medals under subsection (b) 

19 shall be deposited in the United States Mint Public Enter20 prise Fund. 

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