[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1673 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1673

     To posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal on behalf of 
   passengers and crew members aboard United Airlines Flight 93 who 
         resisted the hijackers and caused the plane to crash.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 23, 2007

 Mr. Shuster (for himself, Mr. Tancredo, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Jones of 
 North Carolina, Mr. Lincoln Davis of Tennessee, Mr. Holden, Mr. Mack, 
 Mr. Gary G. Miller of California, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Dent, Mr. McCotter, 
 Mr. Gallegly, Mrs. Musgrave, Mr. Coble, Mr. Regula, Mr. Smith of New 
Jersey, Mr. Moran of Virginia, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Wolf, 
 Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Filner, Mr. Souder, Mr. Cummings, Ms. Carson, Mr. 
  Ramstad, Mr. Cantor, Ms. Harman, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Shuler, Mr. 
Pastor, Ms. Schwartz, Mr. Holt, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr. Brown of 
  South Carolina, Mr. Fossella, Mr. McCaul of Texas, Mr. Peterson of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. Carney, Mr. Kuhl of New York, Mrs. Drake, Mr. LaHood, 
 Mr. Tiahrt, Mrs. McMorris Rodgers, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Hall 
 of Texas, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Shays, Mr. Nunes, Mr. Doyle, Mr. English of 
 Pennsylvania, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Pitts, Ms. 
Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Rush, Mr. Patrick J. Murphy of Pennsylvania, 
 Ms. Granger, and Mr. Dicks) introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
     To posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal on behalf of 
   passengers and crew members aboard United Airlines Flight 93 who 
         resisted the hijackers and caused the plane to crash.

    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 as follows:
            (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 crew 
        members and 33 passengers on board.
            (2) Shortly after departure, United Airlines Flight 93 was 
        hijacked by terrorists.
            (3) At 10:03 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 City and resisted the 
        actions of the hijackers on board.
            (5) The effort to resist the hijackers aboard United 
        Airlines Flight 93 appears to have caused the plane to crash 
        prematurely, potentially saving hundreds or thousands of lives 
        and preventing the destruction of the White House, the Capitol, 
        or another important symbol of freedom and democracy.
            (6) The passengers and crew aboard United Airlines Flight 
        93 demonstrated exceptional bravery, valor, and patriotism, and 
        are worthy of the appreciation of the people of the United 
        States.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.

    (a) Presentation Authorized.--The Speaker of the House of 
Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall make 
appropriate arrangements for the posthumous presentation, on behalf of 
the Congress, of a single gold medal of appropriate design in honor of 
the passengers and crew members, collectively, on board United Airlines 
Flight 93 in recognition of their heroic service to the Nation.
    (b) Design and Striking.--For purposes of the presentation referred 
to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter in this 
Act referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall strike a gold medal with 
suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the 
Secretary.
    (c) Display.--Following the award of the gold medal under 
subsection (a), the gold medal shall be given to the Flight 93 National 
Memorial located in Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, in 
Pennsylvania, where it will be displayed as appropriate and made 
available for research.

SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS.

    The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold 
medal struck pursuant to section 2 under such regulations as the 
Secretary may prescribe, at a price sufficient to cover the cost 
thereof, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and 
overhead expenses, and the cost of the gold medal.

SEC. 4. STATUS OF MEDALS.

    (a) National Medals.--The medals struck pursuant to this Act are 
national medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United States 
Code.
    (b) Numismatic Items.--For purposes of sections 5134 and 5136 of 
title 31, United States Code, all medals struck under this Act shall be 
considered to be numismatic items.

SEC. 5. AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS; PROCEEDS OF SALE.

    (a) Authority to Use Fund Amounts.--There is authorized to be 
charged against the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund, such 
amounts as may be necessary to pay for the costs of the medals struck 
pursuant to this Act.
    (b) Proceeds of Sale.--Amounts received from the sale of duplicate 
bronze medals authorized under section 4 shall be deposited into the 
United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund.
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