II 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3421 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 14, 2011 
Received 
AN ACT 
To award Congressional Gold Medals in honor of the men 
and women who perished as a result of the terrorist 
attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fallen Heroes of 9/ 
11 Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) the tragic deaths at the World Trade Cen-
ter, at the Pentagon, and in rural Pennsylvania on 
September 11, 2001, have forever changed our Na-
tion; 
(2) the officers, emergency workers, and other 
employees of State and local government agencies, 
including the Port Authority of New York and New 
Jersey, and of the United States government and 
others, who responded to the attacks on the World 
Trade Center in New York City and perished as a 
result of the tragic events of September 11, 2001 
(including those who are missing and presumed 
dead), took heroic and noble action on that day; 
(3) the officers, emergency rescue workers, and 
employees of local and United States government 
agencies, who responded to the attack on the Pen-
tagon in Washington, DC, took heroic and noble ac-
tion to evacuate the premises and prevent further 
casualties of Pentagon employees; 
(4) the passengers and crew of United Airlines 
Flight 93, recognizing the imminent danger that the 
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aircraft that they were aboard posed to large num-
bers of innocent men, women and children, Amer-
ican institutions, and the symbols of American de-
mocracy, took heroic and noble action to ensure that 
the aircraft could not be used as a weapon; and 
(5) given the unprecedented nature of the at-
tacks against the United States of America and the 
need to properly demonstrate the support of the 
country for those who lost their lives to terrorism, 
it is fitting that their sacrifice be recognized with 
the award of an appropriate medal. 
SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 
(a) AWARD.— 
(1) AUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of the House 
of Representatives and the President pro tempore of 
the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements for 
the award, on behalf of Congress, of 3 gold medals 
of appropriate design in honor of the men and 
women who perished as a result of the terrorist at-
tacks on the United States on September 11, 2001. 
(2) DISPLAY.—Following the award of the gold 
medals referred to in paragraph (1), one gold medal 
shall be given to each of— 
(A) the Flight 93 National Memorial in 
Pennsylvania, 
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(B) the National September 11 Memorial 
and Museum in New York, and 
(C) the Pentagon Memorial at the Pen-
tagon, 
with the understanding that each medal is to be put 
on permanent, appropriate display. 
(3) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For the purposes 
of the awards referred to in paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall strike 3 designs of the 
gold medals with suitable emblems, devices, and in-
scriptions, to be determined by the Secretary. 
(b) DUPLICATE MEDALS.—Under such regulations 
as the Secretary may prescribe, the Secretary may strike 
and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold medals struck 
under this Act, at a price sufficient to cover the costs of 
the medals, including labor, materials, dyes, use of ma-
chinery, and overhead expenses. 
(c) NATIONAL MEDALS.—Medals struck pursuant to 
this Act are national medals for purposes of chapter 51 
of title 31, United States Code. 
(d) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—Amounts received from 
the sale of duplicate bronze medals under subsection (b) 
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shall be deposited in the United States Mint Public Enter-
prise Fund. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 14, 
2011. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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