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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1239 

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 21 (legislative day, JUNE 16), 2011 

Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. TOOMEY) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 

Urban Affairs 

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. 

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— 


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1 (1) the tragic deaths at the World Trade Cen2 ter, at the Pentagon, and in rural Pennsylvania on 

3 September 11, 2001, have forever changed our Na4 tion; 

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

6 employees of State and local government agencies, 

7 including the Port Authority of New York and New 

8 Jersey, and of the United States government and 

9 others, who responded to the attacks on the World 

10 Trade Center in New York City and perished as a 

11 result of the tragic events of September 11, 2001 

12 (including those who are missing and presumed 

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

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

15 employees of local and United States government 

16 agencies, who responded to the attack on the Pen17 tagon in Washington, DC, took heroic and noble ac18 tion to evacuate the premises and prevent further 

19 casualties of Pentagon employees; 

20 (4) the passengers and crew of United Airlines 

21 Flight 93, recognizing the imminent danger that the 

22 aircraft that they were aboard posed to large num23 bers of innocent men, women and children, Amer24 ican institutions, and the symbols of American deVerDate Mar 15 2010 06:38 Jun 22, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1239.IS S1239

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1 mocracy, took heroic and noble action to ensure that 

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

3 (5) given the unprecedented nature of the at4 tacks against the United States of America and the 

5 need to properly demonstrate the support of the 

6 country for those who lost their lives to terrorism, 

7 it is fitting that their sacrifice be recognized with 

8 the award of an appropriate medal. 

9 SEC. 3. FALLEN HEROES OF 9/11 CONGRESSIONAL MEDALS. 

10 (a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The President is 

11 authorized, on behalf of Congress, to award a medal of 

12 appropriate design, such medal to be known as the ‘‘Fallen 

13 Heroes of 9/11 Congressional Medal’’, to— 

14 (1) the Flight 93 National Memorial in Penn15 sylvania; 

16 (2) the National September 11 Memorial and 

17 Museum in New York; and 

18 (3) the Pentagon Memorial at the Pentagon. 

19 (b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of the presen21 tations referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of 

22 the Treasury (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Sec23 retary’’) shall strike 3 designs of medals, with such 

24 suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions as the 


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1 Secretary determines to be appropriate to be rep2 resentative of and in honor of, respectively— 

3 (A) those who lost their lives in the attack 

4 at the World Trade Center, including civilians, 

5 public safety officers, emergency workers, and 

6 the passengers and crew of American Airlines 

7 Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175; 

8 (B) the passengers and crew aboard 

9 United Airlines Flight 93 that was brought 

10 down in rural Pennsylvania near Shanksville, 

11 Somerset County; and 

12 (C) those who lost their lives at the Pen13 tagon, including the passengers and crew of 

14 American Airlines Flight 77. 

15 (2) CONSULTATION.—Before making a final de16 termination with respect to the design of the medals 

17 under this subsection, the Secretary shall consult 

18 with the Secretary of Defense and such other parties 

19 as the Secretary may determine to be appropriate. 

20 (3) CONTENT OF MEDALS.—The medals struck 

21 for purposes of subsection (a) shall be gold medals. 

22 SEC. 4. SALES OF DUPLICATE MEDALS TO THE PUBLIC TO 

23 DEFRAY COSTS. 

24 Under such regulations as the Secretary may pre25 scribe, the Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in 


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1 bronze of the medals struck under section 3, at a price 

2 that is at least sufficient to cover the costs thereof, includ3 ing labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead 

4 expenses. Excess funds from the sales of the duplicate 

5 medals will be distributed equally between the 3 memorial 

6 sites referred to in section 3(a). 

7 SEC. 5. NATIONAL MEDALS. 

8 The medals struck pursuant to this Act are national 

9 medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United 

10 States Code. 

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