I
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3244
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration
of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September
11th Fund.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 7, 2001
Mr. ENGEL (for himself, Mr. WATTS of Oklahoma, Mrs. ROUKEMA, Mr.
STEARNS, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr.
HINCHEY, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. LATOURETTE,
Mr. PALLONE, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. JOHNSON of Illi-
nois, Ms. LEE, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. DICKS, Mr. PASCRELL,
Mr. TOWNS, Mr. REYNOLDS, Mr. SANDLIN, Mrs. THURMAN, Mrs. CAPPS,
Mr. MCGOVERN, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mr.
LOBIONDO, Mr. CALLAHAN, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr.
GALLEGLY, Mr. STUMP, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. SHOWS, Mr. OWENS, Mr.
DEFAZIO, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. WOLF, Mr. GRUCCI, Mr.
ISRAEL, Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr. MASCARA, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. BALLENGER,
Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode
Island, Mr. FROST, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. FARR of California, Ms.
LOFGREN, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. PLATTS, Mr.
HONDA, Mr. WALSH, Mr. FILNER, Mr. MEEHAN, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mrs.
MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. JONES of
North Carolina, Mr. CANNON, Mr. WYNN, Mr. BALDACCI, Mr. ACEVEDO-
VILA´, Mr. SIMMONS, Mr. OSBORNE, Mr. GONZALEZ, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms.
EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. HART, Mr. NADLER, Mr. KING,
Mr. KILDEE, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. COBLE, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. SOLIS, Mr.
DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, Mr. KIRK, Mr. ISSA, Mr. CLAY,
Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. SHAYS, Mrs. MINK of Hawaii, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mr.
HOYER, Mr. CONDIT, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. BACA, Mr. GREENWOOD,
Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. HORN, Mr. MENEN-
DEZ, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mrs. BONO, Mr. BER-
MAN, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. SKEEN, Mr. QUINN, Mr. SWEENEY, Mr. BONIOR,
Mr. GEKAS, Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, Mr. FOSSELLA, Mr. TERRY, Mr.
FALEOMAVAEGA, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. WAMP, Mr. GIBBONS, Mr. FLETCH-
ER, Mr. RUSH, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. WEINER, Mr. RANGEL,
Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. CARSON of Oklahoma, Mr. KENNEDY of
Minnesota, Mr. CAMP, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr.
PHELPS, Mr. HOUGHTON, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. LAFALCE, Mr.
MCHUGH, and Mr. SOUDER) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Financial Services
A BILL
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins
in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to estab-
lish the Victims of September 11th Fund.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Spirit of America Com-
memorative Coin Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) On September 11, 2001, the United States
suffered the worst act of terrorism in its history.
(2) The more than 6,000 people who lost their
lives as a result of the terrorist attacks that oc-
curred in New York City, at the Pentagon, and in
Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001, will not be
forgotten.
(3) Hundreds of emergency personnel re-
sponded heroically to the crisis and lost their lives
as a result.