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Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act

Washington, Sep 7, 2011 - H.R.2864
Latest Title: Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act
Sponsor: Rep Shuster, Bill [PA-9] (introduced 9/7/2011)      Cosponsors (181)
Related Bills: S.1239
Latest Major Action: 9/7/2011 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
SUMMARY AS OF:
9/7/2011--Introduced.

 

Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act - Authorizes the President to award a Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Congressional Medal to: (1) the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania, (2) the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York, and (3) the Pentagon Memorial.

Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike three designs of such gold medal to honor, respectively: (1) those who lost their lives in the the attack at the World Trade Center, (2) the passengers and crew aboard United Airlines Flight 93 that was brought down in rural Pennsylvania, and (3) those who lost their lives at the Pentagon.

Authorizes the Secretary to strike and sell bronze duplicates of such medals and to distribute any funds from such sales exceeding costs equally between the three memorial sites.

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