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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: May 19, 2006 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Apr 6, 2006
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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 April 6, 2006

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 58
All 58 Democratic 10 Republican 14 Independent 1
AKIN, W.
· Jul 17, 2006
CAMP, DAVE
· Jun 14, 2006
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Jun 14, 2006
PUTNAM, ADAM
· Jun 14, 2006
HARMAN, JANE
· Jun 12, 2006
COSTELLO, JERRY
· Jun 8, 2006
ETHERIDGE, BOB
· Jun 8, 2006
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jun 8, 2006
MOORE, DENNIS
· Jun 8, 2006
Davis, Lincoln
· Jun 6, 2006
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Jun 6, 2006
REYES, SILVESTRE
· Jun 6, 2006
 R
Rogers, Mike D.
Alabama · Jun 6, 2006
SPRATT, JOHN
· Jun 6, 2006
INSLEE, JAY
· May 25, 2006
GORDON, BART
· May 19, 2006
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · May 18, 2006
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · May 18, 2006
GALLEGLY, ELTON
· May 16, 2006
Brown-Waite, Ginny
· May 11, 2006
HOLDEN, TIM
· May 11, 2006
KANJORSKI, PAUL
· May 11, 2006
ORTIZ, SOLOMON
· May 11, 2006
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · May 11, 2006
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · May 11, 2006
STUPAK, BART
· May 11, 2006
 R
Boozman, John
Arkansas · May 10, 2006
CANTOR, ERIC
· May 10, 2006
 R
Diaz-Balart, Mario
Florida · May 10, 2006
HOEKSTRA, PETER
· May 10, 2006
Marshall, Jim
· May 10, 2006
POMEROY, EARL
· May 10, 2006
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · May 10, 2006
Schmidt, Jean
· May 10, 2006
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · May 9, 2006
Salazar, John
· May 9, 2006
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · May 9, 2006
Alexander, Rodney
· May 2, 2006
 R
Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · May 2, 2006
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · May 2, 2006
Miller, Brad
· May 2, 2006
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · May 2, 2006
BARTON, JOE
· Apr 27, 2006
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Apr 27, 2006
 R
Graves, Sam
Missouri · Apr 27, 2006
Mack, Connie
· Apr 27, 2006
ROHRABACHER, DANA
· Apr 27, 2006
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Apr 27, 2006
 R
Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Apr 27, 2006
BROWN, HENRY
· Apr 25, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5159: 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-5159/
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"H.R. 5159: 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-5159/.
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H.R. 5159, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5159/.
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