[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2921 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2921

To authorize the President to award posthumously the Congressional Gold 
 Medal to Jeremy Glick of West Milford, New Jersey, a passenger aboard 
United Airlines Flight 93 for acts of bravery, courage, and patriotism.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 20, 2001

 Mrs. Roukema introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the President to award posthumously the Congressional Gold 
 Medal to Jeremy Glick of West Milford, New Jersey, a passenger aboard 
United Airlines Flight 93 for acts of bravery, courage, and patriotism.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds the following:
            (1) On September 11, 2001, United Airlines Flight 93 
        departed from Newark International Airport at 8:01 a.m. on its 
        scheduled route to San Francisco, California, with 7 
        crewmembers and 38 passengers on board.
            (2) Shortly after departure, United Airlines Flight 93 was 
        hijacked by terrorists.
            (3) At 10:37 a.m., United Airlines Flight 93 crashed near 
        Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
            (4) Evidence indicates that people aboard United Airlines 
        Flight 93 learned that other hijacked planes had been used to 
        attack the World Trade Center in New York, New York.
            (5) Evidence indicates that the efforts of passenger Jeremy 
        Glick of West Milford, New Jersey, to help lead and resist the 
        hijackers appear to have contributed to the crash of United 
        Flight 93, potentially saving hundreds or thousands of lives 
        and preventing the destruction of the White House, the Capitol, 
        or another important institution of freedom and democracy.
            (6) The act of resistance by Jeremy Glick aboard United 
        Airlines Flight 93 was an act of exceptional bravery, valor, 
        and patriotism, and is worthy of the appreciation of the people 
        of the United States.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.

    (a) Presentation Authorized.--The President is authorized to award 
posthumously, on behalf of Congress and in recognition of heroic 
service to the Nation, a gold medal of appropriate design to Jeremy 
Glick of West Milford, New Jersey.
    (b) Design and Striking.--For the purpose of the presentation 
referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
strike a gold medal of a single design with suitable emblems, devices, 
and inscriptions, to be determined by the Secretary.

SEC. 4. NATIONAL MEDAL.

    The medal struck under this Act is a national medal for purposes of 
chapter 51 of title 31, United States Code.

SEC. 5. FUNDING.

    There are authorized to be charged against the United States Mint 
Numismatic Public Enterprise Fund, established under section 5134, 
title 31, United States Code, such sums as may be necessary to pay for 
the cost of the medal authorized by this Act.
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