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[H.R. 3834 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.3834

                     One Hundred Fifteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
           the third day of January, two thousand and eighteen


                                 An Act


 
   To provide that members of public safety agencies who died of 9/11-
related health conditions are eligible for the Presidential 9/11 Heroes 
                 Medal of Valor, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``9/11 Heroes Medal of Valor Act of 
2017''.
SEC. 2. MEMBERS OF PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES WHO SUBSEQUENTLY DIED OF 9/
11-RELATED HEALTH CONDITIONS ELIGIBLE FOR PRESIDENTIAL 9/11 HEROES 
MEDAL OF VALOR.
    An individual who was a public safety officer (as defined in 
section 5 of the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Act of 2001) 
who--
        (1) participated in the response at any point during the period 
    beginning on September 11, 2001, and ending on July 31, 2002, to 
    the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the terrorist 
    attack on the Pentagon, or the terrorist attack that resulted in 
    the crash of the fourth airplane in Pennsylvania; and
        (2) died as a result of such participation thereafter as a 
    result of a WTC-related health condition (which term shall have the 
    meaning given such term in section 3312 of the Public Health 
    Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300mm-22) with respect to a WTC responder),
shall be eligible for the 9/11 Heroes Medal of Valor referred to in 
subsection (a) of section 124 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2005, in the same manner and to the same extent as any individual who 
is otherwise eligible under such section, except that no requirement 
under such section pertaining to the death of that individual shall 
apply.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.