IIB
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3054
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
DECEMBER 19 (legislative day, DECEMBER 18), 2001
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs
AN ACT
To award congressional gold medals on behalf of government
workers who responded to the attacks on the World
Trade Center and perished and on behalf of people
aboard United Airlines Flight 93 who helped resist the
hijackers and caused the plane to crash.
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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 FOR GOVERNMENT
WORKERS WHO RESPONDED TO THE AT-
TACKS ON THE WORLD TRADE CENTER AND
PERISHED.
(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-
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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
agencies and the Port Authority of New York and New
Jersey.
(d) PRESENTMENT CEREMONY.—The President shall
consult with the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the majority
leader and the minority leader of the House of Represent-
atives, and the majority leader and the minority leader of
the Senate with regard to the ceremony for presenting the
gold medals under subsection (a).
(e) DUPLICATIVE GOLD MEDALS FOR DEPART-
MENTS AND DUTY STATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall strike duplicates in gold of the gold medals
struck pursuant to subsection (a) for presentation to
each of the following:
(A) The Governor of the State of New
York.
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(B) The Mayor of the City of New York.
(C) The Commissioner of the New York
Police Department, the Commissioner of the
New York Fire Department, the head of emer-
gency medical services for the City of New
York, and the Chairman of the Board of Direc-
tors of the Port Authority of New York and
New Jersey.
(D) Each precinct house, fire house, emer-
gency response station, or other duty station or
place of employment to which each person re-
ferred to in subsection (a) was assigned on Sep-
tember 11, 2001, for display in each such place
in a manner befitting the memory of such per-
sons.
(f) DETERMINATION
OF
RECIPIENTS.—The Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall determine the number of med-
als to be presented under subsection (e) and the appro-
priate recipients of the medals after consulting with appro-
priate representatives of Federal, State, and local officers
and agencies and the Port Authority of New York and
New Jersey.
(g) DUPLICATE BRONZE MEDALS.—The Secretary of
the Treasury may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of
the gold medal struck pursuant to subsection (a) under