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PUBLIC LAW 112-76-DEC. 23, 2011 125 STAT. 1275
Public Law 112-76
112th Congress
An Act
To award Congressional Gold Medals in honor of the men and women who perished Dec. 23, 2011
as a result of the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001. [H.R. 3421]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled, Fallen Heroes of
9/11 Act.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 31 USC 5111
This Act may be cited as the Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act, note.
SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.
Congress finds that-
(1) the tragic deaths at the World Trade Center, at the
Pentagon, and in rural Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001,
have forever changed our Nation;
(2) the officers, emergency workers, and other employees
of State and local government agencies, including the Port
Authority of New York and New Jersey, and of the United
States government and others, who responded to the attacks
on the World Trade Center in New York City and perished
as a result of the tragic events of September 11, 2001 (including
those who are missing and presumed dead), took heroic and
noble action on that day;
(3) the officers, emergency rescue workers, and employees
of local and United States government agencies, who responded
to the attack on the Pentagon in Washington, DC, took heroic
and noble action to evacuate the premises and prevent further
casualties of Pentagon employees;
(4) the passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93,
recognizing the imminent danger that the aircraft that they
were aboard posed to large numbers of innocent men, women
and children, American institutions, and the symbols of Amer-
ican democracy, took heroic and noble action to ensure that
the aircraft could not be used as a weapon; and
(5) given the unprecedented nature of the attacks against
the United States of America and the need to properly dem-
onstrate the support of the country for those who lost their
lives to terrorism, it is fitting that their sacrifice be recognized
with the award of an appropriate medal.
SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.
(a) AWARD.-
(1) AUTHORIZED.-The Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall make
appropriate arrangements for the award, on behalf of Congress,
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