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S. 3238 111th Congress Senate

Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act

Official title: A bill to provide for a medal of appropriate design to be awarded by the President to the next of kin or other representative of those individuals killed as a … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to provide for a medal of appropriate design to be awarded by the President to the next of kin or other representative of those individuals killed as a result of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and to the memorials established at the 3 sites that were attacked on that day.

Introduced: April 21, 2010 Introduced by: Charles E. Schumer Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
Crime and Law Enforcement Congressional tributesCrime victimsDepartment of DefenseGovernment buildings, facilities, and property
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Monuments and memorialsMuseums, exhibitions, cultural centersNew York CityPennsylvaniaTerrorismVirginia
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Apr 21, 2010
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action April 21, 2010

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act - Authorizes the President to award a Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Congressional Medal to: (1) the personal representative or next of kin of each individual who died as a direct result of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001; (2) the Flight 93 National Memorial Project in Pennsylvania; (3) the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York; and (4) the Pentagon Memorial Project.

Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike three designs of such 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.

Directs the Secretary to strike bronze duplicates of such medal for presentation to each precinct house, firehouse, emergency response station, or other duty station or place of employment to which each early responder who perished as a direct result of such attacks was assigned on September 11, 2001.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Jul 13, 2010
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Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · May 3, 2010
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Apr 21, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3238: Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3238/
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