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332 cosponsors · 135 D, 197 R
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- House Introduced Nov 14, 2011
- House Passed Dec 14, 2011 416–0
- Senate Passed Dec 15, 2011
- President To the President Dec 19, 2011
- President Signed Dec 23, 2011
- Law Dec 23, 2011
Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act - Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the award of congressional gold medals in honor of the men and women who perished as a result of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States to the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania, the…
What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Dec 23, 2011
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act - Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the award of congressional gold medals in honor of the men and women who perished as a result of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States to the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania, the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York, and the Pentagon Memorial at the Pentagon.
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell bronze duplicates of such medals, with amounts received from the sale to be deposited in the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
Votes to become law
About this bill and sources
Official title: Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act
Latest action (Dec 23, 2011): Became Public Law No: 112-76.
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement · Origin: House · Introduced: Nov 14, 2011
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- House Introduced Nov 14, 2011
- House Passed Dec 14, 2011 416–0
- Senate Passed Dec 15, 2011
- President To the President Dec 19, 2011
- President Signed Dec 23, 2011
- Law Dec 23, 2011
Final vote · House · Dec 14, 2011
Passage (two-thirds required) — Passed. Vote details
Speaker of the House: John A. Boehner