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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5159 

To posthumously award a Congressional gold medal on behalf of each person 

aboard United Airlines Flight 93 who helped resist the hijackers and 

caused the plane to crash. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 6, 2006 

Mr. SHUSTER (for himself, Mr. TANCREDO, Mr. COBLE, Mr. WILSON of South 

Carolina, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. KUHL of New York, Mr. SIMMONS, Mr. 

KLINE, Mr. FITZPATRICK of Pennsylvania, Ms. HART, Mr. GENE GREEN

of Texas, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. HALL, Mr. BROWN of 

Ohio, Mr. HOBSON, Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. BISHOP of 

Georgia, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Ms. CARSON, Mr. 

MCCAUL of Texas, and Mr. DENT) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To posthumously award a Congressional gold medal on behalf 

of each person aboard United Airlines Flight 93 who 

helped resist the hijackers and caused the plane to crash. 

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

3 SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 

4 The Congress finds as follows: 

5 (1) On September 11, 2001, United Airlines 

6 Flight 93, piloted by Captain James Dahl, departed 


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1 from Newark International Airport at 8:01 a.m. on 

2 its scheduled route to San Francisco, California, 

3 with 7 crew members and 33 passengers on board. 

4 (2) Shortly after departure, United Airlines 

5 Flight 93 was hijacked by terrorists. 

6 (3) At 10:37 a.m., United Airlines Flight 93 

7 crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. 

8 (4) Evidence indicates that people aboard 

9 United Airlines Flight 93 learned that other hi10 jacked planes had been used to attack the World 

11 Trade Center in New York City and resisted the ac12 tions of the hijackers on board. 

13 (5) The effort to resist the hijackers aboard 

14 United Airlines Flight 93 appears to have caused 

15 the plane to crash prematurely, potentially saving 

16 hundreds or thousands of lives and preventing the 

17 destruction of the White House, the Capitol, or an18 other important symbol of freedom and democracy. 

19 (6) The passengers and crew aboard United 

20 Airlines Flight 93 demonstrated exceptional bravery, 

21 valor, and patriotism, and are worthy of the appre22 ciation of the people of the United States. 

23 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 

24 (a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of 

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1 pore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements 

2 for the posthumous presentation, on behalf of the Con3 gress, of a gold medal to the next of kin or personal rep4 resentative of each passenger or crew member on board 

5 United Airlines Flight 93 who is identified by the Attorney 

6 General as having aided in the effort to resist the hijackers 

7 on board the plane, in recognition of heroic service to the 

8 Nation. 

9 (b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For purposes of the 

10 presentation referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary 

11 of the Treasury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the 

12 ‘‘Secretary’’) shall strike a gold medal with suitable em13 blems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the 

14 Secretary. 

15 SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 

16 The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in 

17 bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant to section 2 

18 under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, at 

19 a price sufficient to cover the cost thereof, including labor, 

20 materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses, 

21 and the cost of the gold medal. 

22 SEC. 4. STATUS OF MEDALS. 

23 (a) NATIONAL MEDALS.—The medals struck pursu24 ant to this Act are national medals for purposes of chapter 

25 51 of title 31, United States Code. 


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1 (b) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of section 

2 5134 of title 31, United States Code, all medals struck 

3 under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic items. 

4 SEC. 5. AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS; PROCEEDS OF 

5 SALE. 

6 (a) AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS.—There is 

7 authorized to be charged against the United States Mint 

8 Public Enterprise Fund, such amounts as may be nec9 essary to pay for the costs of the medals struck pursuant 

10 to this Act. 

11 (b) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—Amounts received from the 

12 sale of duplicate bronze medals authorized under section 

13 4 shall be deposited into the United States Mint Public 

14 Enterprise Fund. 

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