Pub. L. 112-76, sec. 3 (as amended)

CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.

Year: 2011Length: 263 wordsOfficial source
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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