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S 1423 109th Congress Senate Commemorations Awards, medals, prizes Congress Congressional tributes Crime and Law Enforcement Emergency Management Fire fighters International Affairs Police Rescue work September 11, 2001 Terrorism Victims of terrorism

Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act

Introduced: July 19, 2005 Introduced by: Schumer, Charles E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Jul 19, 2005
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Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act - Authorizes the President to award a medal to be known as the "Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Congressional Medal," to the personal representative or next of kin of individuals killed as a result of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, in recognition of their sacrifice and to honor their deaths.

Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike three medals, to be representative of and in honor of, respectively: (1) victims of the attack at the World Trade Center, including civilians, public safety officers, emergency workers, and hijack victims; (2) victims aboard United Airlines Flight 93 that crashed in Pennsylvania; and (3) victims at the Pentagon, including the hijack victims.

Declares eligible for such medal any individual who died on or after September 11, 2001, as a direct result of that act of terrorism within the United States.

States the medals are national medals.

What's happening now July 19, 2005

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Jul 19, 2005
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Jul 19, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1423: Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-1423/
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"S. 1423: Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-1423/.
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