Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act
PL 112-76 (H.R.3421), enacted 12/23/2011

125 STAT. 1275 
PUBLIC LAW 112–76—DEC. 23, 2011 
Public Law 112–76 
112th Congress 
An Act 
To award Congressional Gold Medals in honor of 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 Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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 Center, at the 
Pentagon, and in rural Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001, 
have forever changed our Nation; 
(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 Pentagon in Washington, DC, took heroic 
and noble action 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 aircraft that they 
were aboard posed to large numbers of innocent men, women 
and children, American institutions, and the symbols of Amer-
ican democracy, 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 attacks against 
the United States of America and the need to properly dem-
onstrate 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. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. 
(a) AWARD.— 
(1) AUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall make 
appropriate arrangements for the award, on behalf of Congress, 
of 3 gold medals of appropriate design in honor of the men 
Fallen Heroes of 
9/11 Act. 
31 USC 5111 
note. 
Dec. 23, 2011 
[H.R. 3421] 
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125 STAT. 1276 
PUBLIC LAW 112–76—DEC. 23, 2011 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3421 (S. 1239): 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 157 (2011): 
Dec. 13, 14, considered and passed House. 
Dec. 15, considered and passed Senate. 
and women who perished as a result of the terrorist attacks 
on the United States on September 11, 2001. 
(2) DISPLAY.—Following the award of the gold medals 
referred to in paragraph (1), one gold medal shall be given 
to each of— 
(A) the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania, 
(B) the National September 11 Memorial and Museum 
in New York, and 
(C) the Pentagon Memorial at the Pentagon, 
with the understanding that each medal is to be put on perma-
nent, appropriate display. 
(3) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For the purposes of the awards 
referred to in paragraph (1), the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall strike 3 designs of the gold medals with suitable emblems, 
devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the Secretary. 
(b) DUPLICATE MEDALS.—Under such regulations as the Sec-
retary may prescribe, the Secretary may strike and sell duplicates 
in bronze of the gold medals struck under this Act, at a price 
sufficient to cover the costs of the medals, including labor, materials, 
dyes, use of machinery, and overhead expenses. 
(c) NATIONAL MEDALS.—Medals struck pursuant to this Act 
are national medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United 
States Code. 
(d) PROCEEDS OF SALE.—Amounts received from the sale of 
duplicate bronze medals under subsection (b) shall be deposited 
in the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund. 
Approved December 23, 2011. 
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