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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1423 

To provide for a medal of appropriate design to be awarded by the President 

to the next of kin or other representative of those individuals killed 

as a result of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 19, 2005 

Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. SPECTER, Mr. SANTORUM, 

Mr. BAUCUS, Mr. BAYH, Mr. BIDEN, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. CORZINE, Mr. 

DAYTON, Mr. DODD, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. FEINGOLD, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. 

HARKIN, Mr. INOUYE, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KOHL, Mr. JOHNSON, Ms. 

LANDRIEU, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Mrs. MURRAY, and Mr. PRYOR) 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 next of kin or other representative of those individuals killed as a result of the terrorist 

attacks of 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’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds that— 

3 (1) since September 11, 2001, the United 

4 States has been engaged in a war different from any 

5 other in the history of our Nation; 

6 (2) in the eyes of the terrorists, we are all the 

7 enemy, and the term ‘‘innocent civilian’’ has no 

8 meaning for such terrorists; 

9 (3) the deaths by airplane at the World Trade 

10 Center, at the Pentagon, and in rural Pennsylvania 

11 represent an escalation of direct terrorist attacks on 

12 civilians; 

13 (4) the officers, emergency workers, and other 

14 employees of State and local government agencies, 

15 including the Port Authority of New York and New 

16 Jersey, and of the United States Government and 

17 others, who responded to the attacks on the World 

18 Trade Center in New York City and perished as a 

19 result of the tragic events of September 11, 2001 

20 (including those who are missing and presumed 

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

22 (5) the officers, emergency rescue workers, and 

23 employees of local and United States Government 

24 agencies, who responded to the attack on the Pen25 tagon in Washington, D.C., took heroic and noble 
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1 action to evacuate the premises and prevent further 

2 casualties of Pentagon employees; 

3 (6) the passengers and crew of United Airlines 

4 Flight 93, recognizing the potential danger that the 

5 aircraft that they were aboard posed to large num6 bers of innocent Americans, American institutions, 

7 and the symbols of American democracy, took heroic 

8 and noble action to ensure that the aircraft could 

9 not be used as a weapon; and 

10 (7) given the unprecedented nature of the at11 tacks against the United States of America and the 

12 need to properly demonstrate the support of the 

13 country for the victims of terrorism, it is fitting that 

14 their sacrifice be recognized with the award of an 

15 appropriate medal. 

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

17 (a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The President is 

18 authorized, on behalf of Congress, to award to the per19 sonal representative or next of kin of each individual re20 ferred to in subsection (c), a medal of appropriate design, 

21 such medal to be known as the ‘‘Fallen Heroes of 9/11 

22 Congressional Medal’’, in recognition of the sacrifice made 

23 by each such individual, and to honor their deaths on and 

24 following September 11, 2001. 

25 (b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.— 
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of the presen2 tations referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of 

3 the Treasury (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Sec4 retary’’) shall strike 3 medals, of such content and 

5 with such suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions 

6 as the Secretary determines to be appropriate to be 

7 representative of and in honor of, respectively— 

8 (A) victims of the attack at the World 

9 Trade Center, including civilians, public safety 

10 officers, emergency workers, and hijack victims; 

11 (B) victims aboard United Airlines Flight 

12 93 that crashed in Pennsylvania; and 

13 (C) victims at the Pentagon, including the 

14 hijack victims. 

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

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 (c) ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE MEDAL.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any individual who died on 

22 or after September 11, 2001, as a direct result of 

23 the act of terrorism within the United States on that 

24 date, shall be eligible for a medal authorized by sub25 section (a). 
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1 (2) DETERMINATION.—Eligibility under para2 graph (1) shall be determined by the Secretary, in 

3 consultation with such other officers of the United 

4 States Government and State and local officials as 

5 the Secretary determines to be appropriate. 

6 SEC. 4. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 

7 (a) RECIPIENTS OF DUPLICATE MEDALS.—The Sec8 retary shall strike duplicates of the medals struck pursu9 ant to section 3 for presentation to each precinct house, 

10 firehouse, emergency response station, or other duty sta11 tion or place of employment to which each person referred 

12 to in subsection (b) was assigned on September 11, 2001, 

13 for permanent display in each such place in a manner be14 fitting the memory of such person. 

15 (b) PUBLIC SAFETY, EMERGENCY, AND OTHER

16 WORKERS.—Persons referred to in this subsection are of17 ficers, emergency workers, and other employees of State 

18 and local government agencies, including the Port Author19 ity of New York and New Jersey, and of the United States 

20 Government and others, who responded to the attacks on 

21 the World Trade Center in New York City on September 

22 11, 2001, and perished as a direct result of that act of 

23 terrorism (including those who are missing and presumed 

24 dead). 
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1 SEC. 5. ESTABLISHMENT OF LISTS OF RECIPIENTS. 

2 (a) INITIAL LISTS.—Before the end of the 120-day 

3 period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the 

4 Secretary shall establish— 

5 (1) a list of the names of individuals eligible to 

6 receive a medal under section 3(c)(1), during the pe7 riod beginning on September 11, 2001, and ending 

8 on the date of enactment of this Act; and 

9 (2) a list of the eligible recipients of a duplicate 

10 medal under section 4. 

11 (b) SUBSEQUENT ELIGIBILITY.—If any individual be12 comes eligible for a medal under section 3(c)(1), or any 

13 other recipient becomes eligible for a duplicate medal 

14 under section 4, the Secretary shall promptly add the 

15 name of that individual or recipient to the appropriate list 

16 established pursuant to subsection (a). 

17 SEC. 6. SALES OF DUPLICATE MEDALS TO THE PUBLIC TO 

18 DEFRAY COSTS. 

19 Under such regulations as the Secretary may pre20 scribe, the Secretary may strike and sell duplicates of the 

21 medals struck under this Act, at a price sufficient to cover 

22 the costs thereof, including labor, materials, dies, use of 

23 machinery, and overhead expenses. 
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1 SEC. 7. NATIONAL MEDALS. 

2 The medals struck pursuant to this Act are national 

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

4 States Code. 

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