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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2917
To authorize the President to award gold medals on behalf of Congress
to the people aboard United Airlines Flight 93 who helped resist the
hijackers and caused the plane to crash prematurely.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 20, 2001
Mr. TANCREDO (for himself, Mrs. ROUKEMA, Mr. HOLT, Mr. MURTHA, Mr.
FERGUSON, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. SMITH of Washington,
Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. LEE, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr.
SKEEN, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mrs. THURMAN, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mr.
RADANOVICH, Mr. EHRLICH, Mr. CARSON of Oklahoma, Mr. WELLER,
Mr. PLATTS, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. ENGLISH,
Mr. GRAVES, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. BALLENGER,
Mr. WYNN, Mr. STARK, and Mr. STEARNS) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
A BILL
To authorize the President to award gold medals on behalf
of Congress to the people aboard United Airlines Flight
93 who helped resist the hijackers and caused the plane
to crash prematurely.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) On September 11, 2001, United Airlines
Flight 93, piloted by Captain James Dahl, departed
from Newark International Airport at 8:01 a.m. on
its scheduled route to San Francisco, California,
with 7 crew members and 38 passengers on board.
(2) Shortly after departure, United Airlines
Flight 93 was hijacked by terrorists.
(3) At 10:37 a.m. United Airlines Flight 93
crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
(4) Evidence indicates that people aboard
United Airlines Flight 93 learned that other hi-
jacked planes had been used to attack the World
Trade Center in New York City and resisted the ac-
tions of the hijackers on board.
(5) The effort to resist the hijackers aboard
United Airlines Flight 93 appears to have caused
the plane to crash prematurely, potentially saving
hundreds or thousands of lives and preventing the
destruction of the White House, the Capitol, or an-
other important symbol of freedom and democracy.
(6) The leaders of the resistance aboard United
Airlines Flight 93 demonstrated exceptional bravery,
valor, and patriotism, and are worthy of the appre-
ciation of the people of the United States.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDALS.
(a) PRESENTATION AUTHORIZED.—The President is
authorized to award posthumously, on behalf of Congress
and in recognition of heroic service to the Nation, gold
medals of appropriate design to—
(1) Jeremy Glick, Todd Beamer, Thomas Bur-
nett, Jr., and Mark Bingham; and
(2) other passengers or crew members on board
United Airlines Flight 93 who are identified by the
Attorney General as having aided in the effort to re-
sist the hijackers on board the plane.
(b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For the purpose of the
presentation referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary
of the Treasury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the
‘‘Secretary’’) shall strike gold medals of a single design
with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions, to be de-
termined by the Secretary.
SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS.
Under such regulations as the Secretary may pre-
scribe, the Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in
bronze of the gold medals struck under section 2 at a price
sufficient to cover the cost of the bronze medals (including
labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead ex-
penses) and the cost of the gold medals.
SEC. 4. NATIONAL MEDALS.
The medals struck under this Act are national medals
for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United States Code.
SEC. 5. FUNDING AND PROCEEDS OF SALE.
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be
charged against the United States Mint Public Enterprise
Fund such sums as may be necessary to pay for the cost
of the medals authorized by this Act.
(b) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—Amounts received from the
sale of duplicate bronze medals under section 3 shall be
deposited in the United States Mint Public Enterprise
Fund.
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