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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Act · Sec. 3

Sec. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL

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## SEC. 3 CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL ###
(a)Award ####
(1)Authorized The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements for the award, on behalf of Congress, of 3 gold medals of appropriate design in honor of the men and women who perished as a result of the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001. ####
(2)Display Following the award of the gold medals referred to in paragraph (1), one gold medal shall be given to each of— #####
(A)the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania, #####
(B)the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York, and #####
(C)the Pentagon Memorial at the Pentagon, with the understanding that each medal is to be put on permanent, appropriate display. ####
(3)Design and striking For the purposes of the awards referred to in paragraph (1), the Secretary of the Treasury shall strike 3 designs of the gold medals with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the Secretary. ###
(b)Duplicate Medals Under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, the Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold medals struck under this Act, at a price sufficient to cover the costs of the medals, including labor, materials, dyes, use of machinery, and overhead expenses. ###
(c)National Medals Medals struck pursuant to this Act are national medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United States Code. ###
(d)Proceeds of Sale Amounts received from the sale of duplicate bronze medals under subsection
(b)shall be deposited in the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund.
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