To posthumously award a Congressional gold medal on behalf of each person aboard United Airlines Flight 93 who helped resist the hijackers and caused the plane to crash.
Latest action · Apr 6, 2006 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 6, 2006
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make arrangements for the posthumous presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal to the next of kin or personal representative of each passenger or crew member on board United Airlines Flight 93 who is identified by the Attorney General as having aided in the effort to resist the hijackers on board the plane, in recognition of heroic service to the Nation.
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike a gold medal with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions. Authorizes the Secretary to strike and sell bronze duplicates of such gold medal.
Declares such medals to be national medals.
Requires that proceeds from the sale of duplicate bronze medals be deposited into the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund.
Cosponsors 163
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 6, 2006 to Sep 29, 2006; 21 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Charles W. Dent | Original | Apr 6, 2006 |
| R-OH | David L. Hobson | Original | Apr 6, 2006 |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Original | Apr 6, 2006 |
| R-NC | Howard Coble | Original | Apr 6, 2006 |
| R-CA | Howard P. "Buck" McKeon | Original | Apr 6, 2006 |
| R-VA | Jo Ann Davis | Original | Apr 6, 2006 |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Original | Apr 6, 2006 |
| R-PA | John E. Peterson | Original | Apr 6, 2006 |
| R-MN | John Kline | Original | Apr 6, 2006 |
| R-NY | John R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr. | Original | Apr 6, 2006 |
| D-IN | Julia Carson | Original | Apr 6, 2006 |
| R-TX | Kay Granger | Original | Apr 6, 2006 |
| R-PA | Melissa A. Hart | Original | Apr 6, 2006 |
| R-PA | Michael G. Fitzpatrick | Original | Apr 6, 2006 |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Original | Apr 6, 2006 |
| R-TX | Ralph M. Hall | Original | Apr 6, 2006 |
| R-CT | Rob Simmons | Original | Apr 6, 2006 |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Original | Apr 6, 2006 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Apr 6, 2006 |
| R-CO | Thomas G. Tancredo | Original | Apr 6, 2006 |
| R-AZ | Trent Franks | Original | Apr 6, 2006 |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Apr 25, 2006 | |
| D-TN | Harold E. Ford Jr. | Apr 25, 2006 | |
| R-SC | Henry E. Brown, Jr. | Apr 25, 2006 | |
| R-FL | Jeff Miller | Apr 25, 2006 | |
| R-TX | John R. Carter | Apr 25, 2006 | |
| R-CO | Marilyn N. Musgrave | Apr 25, 2006 | |
| R-IL | Mark Kirk | Apr 25, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Apr 25, 2006 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Apr 25, 2006 | |
| R-PA | Tim Murphy | Apr 25, 2006 | |
| R-NC | Virginia Foxx | Apr 25, 2006 | |
| R-PA | Don Sherwood | Apr 26, 2006 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Apr 26, 2006 | |
| R-FL | Mark Foley | Apr 26, 2006 | |
| D-NJ | Steven R. Rothman | Apr 26, 2006 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Apr 27, 2006 | |
| R-CO | Bob Beauprez | Apr 27, 2006 | |
| R-FL | Connie Mack | Apr 27, 2006 | |
| R-IN | Dan Burton | Apr 27, 2006 | |
| R-CA | Dana Rohrabacher | Apr 27, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Apr 27, 2006 | |
| R-GA | Jack Kingston | Apr 27, 2006 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Apr 27, 2006 | |
| R-PA | Jim Gerlach | Apr 27, 2006 | |
| R-MN | Jim Ramstad | Apr 27, 2006 | |
| R-TX | Joe Barton | Apr 27, 2006 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Apr 27, 2006 | |
| R-TN | John J. Duncan, Jr. | Apr 27, 2006 | |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Apr 27, 2006 | |
| R-ID | Michael K. Simpson | Apr 27, 2006 | |
| R-MO | Sam Graves | Apr 27, 2006 | |
| R-NY | Vito Fossella | Apr 27, 2006 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | May 2, 2006 | |
| D-NC | Brad Miller | May 2, 2006 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | May 2, 2006 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | May 2, 2006 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | May 2, 2006 | |
| R-PA | Joseph R. Pitts | May 2, 2006 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | May 2, 2006 | |
| R-CA | Richard W. Pombo | May 2, 2006 | |
| R-LA | Rodney Alexander | May 2, 2006 | |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | May 2, 2006 | |
| R-OK | Tom Cole | May 2, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | May 9, 2006 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | May 9, 2006 | |
| D-CO | John T. Salazar | May 9, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | May 9, 2006 | |
| R-MI | Mike Rogers | May 9, 2006 | |
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | May 9, 2006 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | May 9, 2006 | |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | May 9, 2006 | |
| R-ID | C. L. (Butch) Otter | May 10, 2006 | |
| R-OH | Deborah Pryce | May 10, 2006 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | May 10, 2006 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | May 10, 2006 | |
| D-ND | Earl Pomeroy | May 10, 2006 | |
| R-VA | Eric Cantor | May 10, 2006 | |
| R-VA | Frank R. Wolf | May 10, 2006 | |
| R-CA | Gary G. Miller | May 10, 2006 | |
| R-OR | Greg Walden | May 10, 2006 | |
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | May 10, 2006 | |
| R-AZ | J. D. Hayworth | May 10, 2006 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | May 10, 2006 | |
| R-OH | Jean Schmidt | May 10, 2006 | |
| D-GA | Jim Marshall | May 10, 2006 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | May 10, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | May 10, 2006 | |
| R-TX | Louie Gohmert | May 10, 2006 | |
| R-FL | Mario Diaz-Balart | May 10, 2006 | |
| R-CA | Mary Bono | May 10, 2006 | |
| R-GA | Nathan Deal | May 10, 2006 | |
| R-MI | Peter Hoekstra | May 10, 2006 | |
| R-PA | Phil English | May 10, 2006 | |
| R-GA | Phil Gingrey | May 10, 2006 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | May 10, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | May 11, 2006 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | May 11, 2006 | |
| D-PA | Allyson Y. Schwartz | May 11, 2006 | |
| D-MI | Bart Stupak | May 11, 2006 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | May 11, 2006 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | May 11, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | May 11, 2006 | |
| R-FL | Ginny Brown-Waite | May 11, 2006 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | May 11, 2006 | |
| D-MN | Martin Olav Sabo | May 11, 2006 | |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | May 11, 2006 | |
| D-PA | Paul E. Kanjorski | May 11, 2006 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | May 11, 2006 | |
| D-TX | Solomon P. Ortiz | May 11, 2006 | |
| D-PA | Tim Holden | May 11, 2006 | |
| D-AZ | Ed Pastor | May 16, 2006 | |
| R-CA | Elton Gallegly | May 16, 2006 | |
| R-AL | Spencer Bachus | May 16, 2006 | |
| R-NV | Jon C. Porter | May 18, 2006 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | May 18, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | May 18, 2006 | |
| D-TN | Bart Gordon | May 19, 2006 | |
| R-NH | Jeb Bradley | May 22, 2006 | |
| R-PA | Todd Russell Platts | May 22, 2006 | |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | May 23, 2006 | |
| D-WA | Jay Inslee | May 25, 2006 | |
| D-GA | John Barrow | May 25, 2006 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Jun 6, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Jun 6, 2006 | |
| R-LA | Charles W. Boustany, Jr. | Jun 6, 2006 | |
| R-PA | Curt Weldon | Jun 6, 2006 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Jun 6, 2006 | |
| R-NY | John E. Sweeney | Jun 6, 2006 | |
| D-SC | John M. Spratt, Jr. | Jun 6, 2006 | |
| D-IA | Leonard L. Boswell | Jun 6, 2006 | |
| D-TN | Lincoln Davis | Jun 6, 2006 | |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Jun 6, 2006 | |
| R-AL | Mike Rogers | Jun 6, 2006 | |
| D-WV | Nick J. Rahall II | Jun 6, 2006 | |
| R-NJ | Scott Garrett | Jun 6, 2006 | |
| D-TX | Silvestre Reyes | Jun 6, 2006 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Jun 6, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Jun 8, 2006 | |
| D-NC | Bob Etheridge | Jun 8, 2006 | |
| D-FL | Corrine Brown | Jun 8, 2006 | |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Jun 8, 2006 | |
| R-FL | E. Clay Shaw Jr. | Jun 8, 2006 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Jun 8, 2006 | |
| R-WI | F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. | Jun 8, 2006 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jun 8, 2006 | |
| D-IL | Jerry F. Costello | Jun 8, 2006 | |
| R-MN | Mark R. Kennedy | Jun 8, 2006 | |
| R-OH | Paul E. Gillmor | Jun 8, 2006 | |
| R-OH | Ralph Regula | Jun 8, 2006 | |
| R-NY | Sherwood Boehlert | Jun 8, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Jane Harman | Jun 12, 2006 | |
| R-FL | Adam H. Putnam | Jun 14, 2006 | |
| R-MI | Dave Camp | Jun 14, 2006 | |
| R-IL | Ray LaHood | Jun 14, 2006 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Jun 14, 2006 | |
| R-CA | Devin Nunes | Jun 15, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Xavier Becerra | Jun 20, 2006 | |
| D-CO | Mark Udall | Jun 21, 2006 | |
| R-VA | Thelma D. Drake | Jul 12, 2006 | |
| R-MO | W. Todd Akin | Jul 17, 2006 | |
| D-MI | John D. Dingell | Jul 24, 2006 | |
| D-OH | Ted Strickland | Sep 29, 2006 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Apr 6, 2006 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 6, 2006Introduced in House
- Apr 6, 2006Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4008 | To posthumously award a Congressional gold medal on behalf of each person aboard United Airlines Flight 93 who helped resist the hijackers and caused the plane to crash. | Identical bill | Jan 4, 2006 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To posthumously award a Congressional gold medal on behalf of each person aboard United Airlines Flight 93 who helped resist the hijackers and caused the plane to crash.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commemorations.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 6, 2006Introduced in House
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