I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2864 
To provide for a medal of appropriate design to be awarded by the President 
to the memorials established at the 3 sites honoring the men and women 
who perished as a result of the terrorist attacks on the United States 
on September 11, 2001. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 7, 2011 
Mr. SHUSTER (for himself, Mr. ALTMIRE, Mr. AUSTRIA, Mr. BARLETTA, Mr. 
BARTLETT, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. CRITZ, 
Mr. DOYLE, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. GERLACH, Mr. GRIMM, 
Mr. HECK, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. KELLY, Mr. MARINO, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. 
MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. PITTS, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. ROSS of Florida, 
Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, and Mr. 
WOLF) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To provide for a medal of appropriate design to be awarded 
by the President to the memorials established at the 
3 sites honoring 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. FALLEN HEROES OF 9/11 CONGRESSIONAL MEDALS. 
(a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The President is 
authorized, on behalf of Congress, to award a medal of 
appropriate design, such medal to be known as the ‘‘Fallen 
Heroes of 9/11 Congressional Medal’’, to— 
(1) the Flight 93 National Memorial in Penn-
sylvania; 
(2) the National September 11 Memorial and 
Museum in New York; and 
(3) the Pentagon Memorial at the Pentagon. 
(b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of the presen-
tations referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of 
the Treasury (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
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retary’’) shall strike 3 designs of medals, with such 
suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions as the 
Secretary determines to be appropriate to be rep-
resentative of and in honor of, respectively— 
(A) those who lost their lives in the attack 
at the World Trade Center, including civilians, 
public safety officers, emergency workers, and 
the passengers and crew of American Airlines 
Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175; 
(B) the passengers and crew aboard 
United Airlines Flight 93 that was brought 
down in rural Pennsylvania near Shanksville, 
Somerset County; and 
(C) those who lost their lives at the Pen-
tagon, including the passengers and crew of 
American Airlines Flight 77. 
(2) CONSULTATION.—Before making a final de-
termination with respect to the design of the medals 
under this subsection, the Secretary shall consult 
with the Secretary of Defense and such other parties 
as the Secretary may determine to be appropriate. 
(3) CONTENT OF MEDALS.—The medals struck 
for purposes of subsection (a) shall be gold medals. 
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SEC. 4. SALES OF DUPLICATE MEDALS TO THE PUBLIC TO 
DEFRAY COSTS. 
Under such regulations as the Secretary may pre-
scribe, the Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in 
bronze of the medals struck under section 3, at a price 
that is at least sufficient to cover the costs thereof, includ-
ing labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead 
expenses. Excess funds from the sales of the duplicate 
medals will be distributed equally between the 3 memorial 
sites referred to in section 3(a). 
SEC. 5. NATIONAL MEDALS. 
The medals struck pursuant to this Act are national 
medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United 
States Code. 
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