Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “9/11 Heroes Medal of Valor Act of 2017”.
9/11 Heroes Medal of Valor Act of 2017
AN ACT
To provide that members of public safety agencies who died of 9/11-related health conditions are eligible for the Presidential 9/11 Heroes Medal of Valor, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Members of public safety agencies who subsequently died of 9/11-related health conditions eligible for Presidential 9/11 Heroes Medal of Valor
An individual who was a public safety officer (as defined in section 5 of the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Act of 2001) who—
participated in the response at any point during the period beginning on September 11, 2001, and ending on July 31, 2002, to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the terrorist attack on the Pentagon, or the terrorist attack that resulted in the crash of the fourth airplane in Pennsylvania; and
died as a result of such participation thereafter as a result of a WTC-related health condition (which term shall have the meaning given such term in section 3312 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300mm–22) with respect to a WTC responder),