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[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3421 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.3421

                      One Hundred Twelfth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America

                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
            the fifth day of January, two thousand and eleven

                                 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 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.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.
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