Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act
Latest action · Sep 12, 2011 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.
- IntroducedJun 21, 2011
- Passed SenateSep 9, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act - Authorizes the President to award a Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Congressional Medal to: (1) the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania, (2) the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York, and (3) the Pentagon Memorial.
Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to strike three designs of such gold 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.
Authorizes the Secretary to strike and sell bronze duplicates of such medals and to distribute any funds from such sales exceeding costs equally between the three memorial sites.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 21, 2011 to Sep 12, 2011; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Patrick J. Toomey | Original | Jun 21, 2011 |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Sep 6, 2011 | |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Sep 6, 2011 | |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Sep 6, 2011 | |
| D-NC | Kay R. Hagan | Sep 6, 2011 | |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Sep 6, 2011 | |
| D-IA | Tom Harkin | Sep 6, 2011 | |
| I-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Sep 8, 2011 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Sep 8, 2011 | |
| D-AK | Mark Begich | Sep 8, 2011 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Sep 8, 2011 | |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Sep 9, 2011 | |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Inouye | Sep 12, 2011 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee | Referred Jun 21, 2011Discharged Sep 9, 2011 |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Sep 12, 2011 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 12, 2011Received in the House.
- Sep 12, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- Sep 9, 2011Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5479-5480)
- Sep 9, 2011Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5479-5480)
- Sep 9, 2011Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S5480)
- Sep 9, 2011Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Jun 21, 2011Introduced in Senate
- Jun 21, 2011Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5479, S5480Text printed S5480 | Mark R. Warner D-VA | Sep 9, 2011 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2864 | Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act | Identical bill | Oct 4, 2011 |
| HR 3421 | Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act | Related bill | Dec 23, 2011 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide for a medal of appropriate design to be awarded by the President to the memorials established at the 3 sites honoring the men and women who perished as a result of the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 12, 2011Referred in House
- Sep 9, 2011Engrossed in Senate
- Jun 21, 2011Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
