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To posthumously award a Congressional gold medal on behalf of each person aboard United Airlines Flight 93 who helped resist the hijackers and caused the plane to crash.

Introduced: October 6, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Jan 4, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.
Oct 6, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Oct 6, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make arrangements for the posthumous presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal to the next of kin or personal representative of each passenger or crew member on board United Airlines Flight 93 who is identified by the Attorney General as having aided in the effort to resist the hijackers on board the plane, in recognition of heroic service to the Nation.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike a gold medal with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions. Authorizes the Secretary to strike and sell bronze duplicates of such gold medal.

Declares such medals to be national medals.

Requires that proceeds from the sale of duplicate bronze medals be deposited into the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund.

What's happening now January 4, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 1 Republican 2 Independent 1
D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Nov 2, 2005
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Oct 26, 2005
BROWN, HENRY
· Oct 25, 2005
TAYLOR, GENE
· Oct 25, 2005
Salazar, John
· Oct 19, 2005
 R
Graves, Sam
Missouri · Oct 6, 2005
ROHRABACHER, DANA
· Oct 6, 2005
 R
Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Oct 6, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4008: To posthumously award a Congressional gold medal on behalf of each person aboard United Airlines Flight 93 who helped resist the hijackers and caused the plane to crash.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4008/
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"H.R. 4008: To posthumously award a Congressional gold medal on behalf of each person aboard United Airlines Flight 93 who helped resist the hijackers and caused the plane to crash.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4008/.
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H.R. 4008, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4008/.
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