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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3054
To award congressional gold medals on behalf of the officers, emergency
workers, and other employees of the Federal Government and any State
or local government, including any interstate governmental entity, who
responded to the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York
City and perished in the tragic events of September 11, 2001.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 5, 2001
Mr. KING (for himself and Mrs. MALONEY of New York) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
A BILL
To award congressional gold medals on behalf of the officers,
emergency workers, and other employees of the Federal
Government and any State or local government, including
any interstate governmental entity, who responded to
the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York
City and perished in the tragic events of September
11, 2001.
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 ‘‘True American Heroes
Act’’.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDALS.
(a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—In recognition of
the bravery and self-sacrifice of officers, emergency work-
ers, 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, who
responded to the attacks on the World Trade Center in
New York City, and perished in the tragic events of Sep-
tember 11, 2001 (including those who are missing and
presumed dead), the President is authorized to present,
on behalf of the Congress, a gold medal of appropriate
design for each such officer, emergency worker, or em-
ployee to the next of kin or other representative of each
such officer, emergency worker, or employee.
(b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For purposes of the
presentation referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary
of the Treasury shall strike gold medals with suitable em-
blems, devices, and inscriptions to be determined by the
Secretary to be emblematic of the valor and heroism of
the men and women honored.
(c) DETERMINATION
OF RECIPIENTS.—The Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall determine the number of med-
als to be presented under this section and the appropriate
recipients of the medals after consulting with appropriate
representatives of Federal, State, and local officers and
employment to which each person referred to in sec-
tion 2(a) was assigned on September 11, 2001, for
display in each such place in a manner befitting the
memory of such persons.
(b) DETERMINATION
OF RECIPIENTS.—The Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall determine the number of med-
als to be presented under this section and the appropriate
recipients of the medals after consulting with appropriate
representatives of Federal, State, and local officers and
agencies and the Port Authority of New York and New
Jersey.
SEC. 4. DUPLICATE BRONZE MEDALS.
The Secretary of the Treasury may strike and sell
duplicates in bronze of the gold medal struck pursuant
to section 2 under such regulations as the Secretary may
prescribe, at a price of $50 per medal.
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.
SEC. 6. PROCEEDS OF SALE.
Amounts received from the sales of duplicate bronze
medals under section 4 shall be deposited in a fund to
be used to erect a memorial for the fallen emergency re-
sponders.
SEC. 7. USE OF THE UNITED STATES MINT AT WEST POINT,
NEW YORK.
It is the sense of the Congress that the medals au-
thorized under this Act should—
(1) be designed, struck, and presented not more
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act; and
(2) be struck at the United States Mint at West
Point, New York, to the greatest extent possible.
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