S 369 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act

Introduced Jan 23, 2007 Originated Senate Sponsor Charles E. Schumer D-NY

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 23, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJan 23, 2007
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act - Authorizes the President to award a medal to be known as the "Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Congressional Medal," to the personal representative or next of kin of individuals killed as a result of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, in recognition of their sacrifice and to honor their deaths.

Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike three medals, to be representative of and in honor of, respectively: (1) victims of the attack at the World Trade Center, including civilians, public safety officers, emergency workers, and hijack victims; (2) victims aboard United Airlines Flight 93 that crashed in Pennsylvania; and (3) victims at the Pentagon, including the hijack victims.

Declares eligible for such medal any individual who died on or after September 11, 2001, as a direct result of that act of terrorism within the United States.

States the medals are national medals.

Cosponsors 26

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 23, 2007 to Mar 22, 2007, with 23 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-PAArlen SpecterOriginalJan 23, 2007
D-CABarbara BoxerOriginalJan 23, 2007
D-ARBlanche L. LincolnOriginalJan 23, 2007
D-HIDaniel K. InouyeOriginalJan 23, 2007
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalJan 23, 2007
D-MAEdward M. KennedyOriginalJan 23, 2007
D-INEvan BayhOriginalJan 23, 2007
D-NJFrank R. LautenbergOriginalJan 23, 2007
D-WIHerb KohlOriginalJan 23, 2007
D-NYHillary Rodham ClintonOriginalJan 23, 2007
D-MAJohn F. KerryOriginalJan 23, 2007
D-CTJoseph I. LiebermanOriginalJan 23, 2007
D-DEJoseph R. Biden Jr.OriginalJan 23, 2007
D-COKen SalazarOriginalJan 23, 2007
D-ARMark L. PryorOriginalJan 23, 2007
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  1. Jan 23, 2007Introduced in Senate
  2. Jan 23, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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  1. Jan 23, 2007Introduced in Senate

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