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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1673 

To posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal on behalf of passengers 

and crew members aboard United Airlines Flight 93 who resisted the 

hijackers and caused the plane to crash. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 23, 2007 

Mr. SHUSTER (for himself, Mr. TANCREDO, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. JONES

of North Carolina, Mr. LINCOLN DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. 

MACK, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California, Mr. REYES, Mr. DENT, Mr. 

MCCOTTER, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mrs. MUSGRAVE, Mr. COBLE, Mr. REGULA, 

Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. WILSON of South 

Carolina, Mr. WOLF, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Mr. FILNER, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. 

CUMMINGS, Ms. CARSON, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. CANTOR, Ms. HARMAN, 

Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. SHULER, Mr. PASTOR, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. 

HOLT, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, Mr. 

FOSSELLA, Mr. MCCAUL of Texas, Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. 

CARNEY, Mr. KUHL of New York, Mrs. DRAKE, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. 

TIAHRT, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. 

HALL of Texas, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. NUNES, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. 

ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. 

PITTS, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. RUSH, Mr. PATRICK J. MURPHY

of Pennsylvania, Ms. GRANGER, and Mr. DICKS) 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 passengers and crew members aboard United 

Airlines Flight 93 who resisted the hijackers and caused 

the plane to crash. 


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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 departed from Newark International Air7 port at 8:01 a.m. on its scheduled route to San 

8 Francisco, California, with 7 crew members and 33 

9 passengers on board. 

10 (2) Shortly after departure, United Airlines 

11 Flight 93 was hijacked by terrorists. 

12 (3) At 10:03 a.m., United Airlines Flight 93 

13 crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. 

14 (4) Evidence indicates that people aboard 

15 United Airlines Flight 93 learned that other hi16 jacked planes had been used to attack the World 

17 Trade Center in New York City and resisted the ac18 tions of the hijackers on board. 

19 (5) The effort to resist the hijackers aboard 

20 United Airlines Flight 93 appears to have caused 

21 the plane to crash prematurely, potentially saving 

22 hundreds or thousands of lives and preventing the 

23 destruction of the White House, the Capitol, or an24 other important symbol of freedom and democracy. 


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1 (6) The passengers and crew aboard United 

2 Airlines Flight 93 demonstrated exceptional bravery, 

3 valor, and patriotism, and are worthy of the appre4 ciation of the people of the United States. 

5 SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 

6 (a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of 

7 the House of Representatives and the President pro tem8 pore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements 

9 for the posthumous presentation, on behalf of the Con10 gress, of a single gold medal of appropriate design in 

11 honor of the passengers and crew members, collectively, 

12 on board United Airlines Flight 93 in recognition of their 

13 heroic service to the Nation. 

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

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

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

17 ‘‘Secretary’’) shall strike a gold medal with suitable em18 blems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the 

19 Secretary. 

20 (c) DISPLAY.—Following the award of the gold medal 

21 under subsection (a), the gold medal shall be given to the 

22 Flight 93 National Memorial located in Stonycreek Town23 ship, Somerset County, in Pennsylvania, where it will be 

24 displayed as appropriate and made available for research. 


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1 SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS. 

2 The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in 

3 bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant to section 2 

4 under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, at 

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

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

7 and the cost of the gold medal. 

8 SEC. 4. STATUS OF MEDALS. 

9 (a) NATIONAL MEDALS.—The medals struck pursu10 ant to this Act are national medals for purposes of chapter 

11 51 of title 31, United States Code. 

12 (b) NUMISMATIC ITEMS.—For purposes of sections 

13 5134 and 5136 of title 31, United States Code, all medals 

14 struck under this Act shall be considered to be numismatic 

15 items. 

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

17 SALE. 

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

19 authorized to be charged against the United States Mint 

20 Public Enterprise Fund, such amounts as may be nec21 essary to pay for the costs of the medals struck pursuant 

22 to this Act. 

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

24 sale of duplicate bronze medals authorized under section 


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1 4 shall be deposited into the United States Mint Public 

2 Enterprise Fund. 

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