US SB3238 | 2009-2010 | 111th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-1)
Status: Introduced on April 21 2010 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-04-21 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on April 21 2010 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-04-21 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act - Authorizes the President to award a Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Congressional Medal to: (1) the personal representative or next of kin of each individual who died as a direct result of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001; (2) the Flight 93 National Memorial Project in Pennsylvania; (3) the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York; and (4) the Pentagon Memorial Project. Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike three designs of such medal to honor, respectively: (1) those who lost their lives in the the attack at the World Trade Center; (2) the passengers and crew aboard United Airlines Flight 93 that was brought down in rural Pennsylvania; and (3) those who lost their lives at the Pentagon. Directs the Secretary to strike bronze duplicates of such medal for presentation to each precinct house, firehouse, emergency response station, or other duty station or place of employment to which each early responder who perished as a direct result of such attacks was assigned on September 11, 2001.
Title
Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act
Sponsors
Sen. Evan Bayh [D-IN] | Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK] | Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA] | Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD] |
Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA] | Sen. Thad Cochran [R-MS] | Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY] | Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ] |
Sen. Blanche Lincoln [D-AR] | Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ] | Sen. Mark Pryor [D-AR] | Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY] |
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH] | Sen. Arlen Specter [D-PA] | Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2010-04-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. |
Subjects
Congressional tributes
Crime and law enforcement
Crime victims
Department of Defense
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Monuments and memorials
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
New York City
Pennsylvania
Terrorism
Virginia
Crime and law enforcement
Crime victims
Department of Defense
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Monuments and memorials
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
New York City
Pennsylvania
Terrorism
Virginia
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/3238/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s3238/BILLS-111s3238is.pdf |