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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1239 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011 

Referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

AN ACT 

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, 


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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. FALLEN HEROES OF 9/11 CONGRESSIONAL MEDALS. 

13 (a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The President is 

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

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

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

17 (1) the Flight 93 National Memorial in Penn18 sylvania; 

19 (2) the National September 11 Memorial and 

20 Museum in New York; and 

21 (3) the Pentagon Memorial at the Pentagon. 

22 (b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of the presen24 tations referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of 

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1 retary’’) shall strike 3 designs of medals, with such 

2 suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions as the 

3 Secretary determines to be appropriate to be rep4 resentative of and in honor of, respectively— 

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

6 at the World Trade Center, including civilians, 

7 public safety officers, emergency workers, and 

8 the passengers and crew of American Airlines 

9 Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175; 

10 (B) the passengers and crew aboard 

11 United Airlines Flight 93 that was brought 

12 down in rural Pennsylvania near Shanksville, 

13 Somerset County; and 

14 (C) those who lost their lives at the Pen15 tagon, including the passengers and crew of 

16 American Airlines Flight 77. 

17 (2) CONSULTATION.—Before making a final de18 termination with respect to the design of the medals 

19 under this subsection, the Secretary shall consult 

20 with the Secretary of Defense and such other parties 

21 as the Secretary may determine to be appropriate. 

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

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


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

2 DEFRAY COSTS. 

3 Under such regulations as the Secretary may pre4 scribe, the Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in 

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

6 that is at least sufficient to cover the costs thereof, includ7 ing labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead 

8 expenses. Excess funds from the sales of the duplicate 

9 medals will be distributed equally between the 3 memorial 

10 sites referred to in section 3(a). 

11 SEC. 5. NATIONAL MEDALS. 

12 The medals struck pursuant to this Act are national 

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

14 States Code. 

Passed the Senate September 9, 2011. 

Attest: NANCY ERICKSON, 

Secretary. 


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