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Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act

Introduced: June 21, 2011 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 12, 2011
Received in the House.
Sep 12, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Sep 9, 2011
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S5480)
Sep 9, 2011
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Sep 9, 2011
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5479-5480)
Sep 9, 2011
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5479-5480)
Sep 9, 2011
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S5480)
Jun 21, 2011
Introduced in Senate
Jun 21, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
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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.

What's happening now September 12, 2011

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 2864 Identical bill Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act
  • HR 3421 Related bill Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act
 Bill text 3 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
D
Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Sep 9, 2011
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Sep 8, 2011
 D
Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Sep 6, 2011
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Sep 6, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1239: Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1239/
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"S. 1239: Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1239/.
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S. 1239, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1239/.
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