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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3421 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 14, 2011 

Received 

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. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 11 Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS. 

5 Congress finds that— 

6 (1) the tragic deaths at the World Trade Cen7 ter, at the Pentagon, and in rural Pennsylvania on 

8 September 11, 2001, have forever changed our Na9 tion; 

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

11 employees of State and local government agencies, 

12 including the Port Authority of New York and New 

13 Jersey, and of the United States government and 

14 others, who responded to the attacks on the World 

15 Trade Center in New York City and perished as a 

16 result of the tragic events of September 11, 2001 

17 (including those who are missing and presumed 

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

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

20 employees of local and United States government 

21 agencies, who responded to the attack on the Pen22 tagon in Washington, DC, took heroic and noble ac23 tion to evacuate the premises and prevent further 

24 casualties of Pentagon employees; 

25 (4) the passengers and crew of United Airlines 

26 Flight 93, recognizing the imminent danger that the 


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1 aircraft that they were aboard posed to large num2 bers of innocent men, women and children, Amer3 ican institutions, and the symbols of American de4 mocracy, took heroic and noble action to ensure that 

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

6 (5) given the unprecedented nature of the at7 tacks against the United States of America and the 

8 need to properly demonstrate the support of the 

9 country for those who lost their lives to terrorism, 

10 it is fitting that their sacrifice be recognized with 

11 the award of an appropriate medal. 

12 SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 

13 (a) AWARD.— 

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

15 of Representatives and the President pro tempore of 

16 the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements for 

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

18 of appropriate design in honor of the men and 

19 women who perished as a result of the terrorist at20 tacks on the United States on September 11, 2001. 

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

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

23 shall be given to each of— 

24 (A) the Flight 93 National Memorial in 

25 Pennsylvania, 


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1 (B) the National September 11 Memorial 

2 and Museum in New York, and 

3 (C) the Pentagon Memorial at the Pen4 tagon, 

5 with the understanding that each medal is to be put 

6 on permanent, appropriate display. 

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

8 of the awards referred to in paragraph (1), the Sec9 retary of the Treasury shall strike 3 designs of the 

10 gold medals with suitable emblems, devices, and in11 scriptions, to be determined by the Secretary. 

12 (b) DUPLICATE MEDALS.—Under such regulations 

13 as the Secretary may prescribe, the Secretary may strike 

14 and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold medals struck 

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

16 the medals, including labor, materials, dyes, use of ma17 chinery, and overhead expenses. 

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

19 this Act are national medals for purposes of chapter 51 

20 of title 31, United States Code. 

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

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


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1 shall be deposited in the United States Mint Public Enter2 prise Fund. 

Passed the House of Representatives December 14, 

2011. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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