,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #abbd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ae1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,king of ,new ,york 7for himself1  
,mr4 ,grimm1 ,mr4 ,crowley1 ,mr4        
,israel1 ,mr4 ,marino1 ,mr4 ,rangel1    
,mr4 ,runyan1 ,ms4 ,slaughter1 ,mr4     
,gibson1 ,mr4 ,higgins1 and ,mr4 ,wolf7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,financial ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to    
provide for the award of a gold medal on
 behalf of ,congress posthumously to    
,father ,mychal ,judge1 ,o4,f4,m41      
beloved ,chaplain of the ,fire          
,department of ,new ,york who passed    
away as the first recorded victim of the
 ,september #aa1 #bjja1 attacks in      
recognition of his example to the       
,nation of selfless dedication to duty  
and compassion for one's fellow         
citizens4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,father ,mychal     
,judge1 ,o4,f4,m41 ,congressional ,gold 
,medal ,act4  #b4 ,findings ,congress   

finds the following3  7#a7 ,father      
,mychal ,judge1 ,o4,f4,m41 beloved      
,chaplain of the ,fire ,department of   
,new ,york passed away as the first     
recorded victim of the ,september #aa1  
#bjja1 attacks after courageously       
rushing to the ,world ,trade ,center to 
support1 console1 and administer last   
rites to the victims of the attacks4    
7#b7 ,a native of ,brooklyn1 ,new ,york1
 ,judge was born on ,may #aa1 #aicc1 to 
,irish ,catholic immigrants from ,county
 ,leitrim4  7#c7 ,after his father died 
of a long illness when ,judge was #f    
years old1 ,judge took odd jobs and     
shined shoes at ,penn ,station to help  
support his mother and #b sisters4  7#d7
 ,responding to his strong spiritual    
calling1 ,judge entered the ,franciscans
 in #aied4  7#e7 ,he trained at #d      
seminaries in ,new ,york1 ,new ,jersey1 
,new ,hampshire1 and the ,district of   
,columbia and was ordained a ,priest of 
the ,franciscan ,order of ,friars ,minor
 in #aifa4  7#f7 ,from #aifa to #aihf1  

,father ,judge served at ,st4 ,anthony's
 ,shrine in ,boston1 ,massachusetts1    
,st4 ,joseph's in ,east ,rutherford1    
,new ,jersey1 ,sacred ,heart in         
,rochelle ,park1 ,new ,jersey1 ,siena   
,college in ,loudonville1 ,new ,york1   
and as pastor at ,st4 ,joseph's in ,west
 ,milford1 ,new ,jersey4  7#g7 ,in      
#aihf1 ,father ,judge was assigned to   
the ,monastery of ,st4 ,francis of      
,assisi ,church on ,west #cast ,street1 
,new ,york1 where he served until his   
death in #bjja4  7#h7 ,known for his    
tremendous capacity for compassion1     
,judge was beloved by the firefighters  
and by the city he served4  7#i7 ,judge 
would daily send notes or make telephone
 calls to recognize birthdays1          
anniversaries1 and other significant    
dates in the lives of the people he     
knew4  7#aj7 ,in #aiid1 ,father ,mychal 
,judge1 ,o4,f4,m41 was named as one of  
the chaplains for the ,new ,york ,fire  
,department serving the boroughs of     
,manhattan1 the ,bronx1 and ,staten     

,island4  7#aa7 ,father ,judge was also 
well known for ministering to the poor  
and needy among us1 including the       
homeless1 immigrants1 recovering        
alcoholics1 gays and lesbians1 and      
people with ,,aids4  7#ab7 ,father      
,mychal ,judge's funeral was held on    
,september #ae1 #bjja4  7#ac7 ,cardinal 
,edward ,egan presided over a ,mass of  
#c1jjj people1 including city officials1
 ,president ,bill ,clinton1 and ,senator
 ,hillary ,clinton1 who called ,judge a 
bearer of light and noted his death as a
 special loss4  #c4 ,congressional gold 
medal  7a7 ,presentation ,authorized    
,the ,speaker of the ,house of          
,representatives and the ,president pro 
tempore of the ,senate shall make       
appropriate arrangements for the        
presentation1 on behalf of the          
,congress1 of a gold medal of           
appropriate design to the next of kin or
 personal representative of ,father     
,mychal ,judge1 ,o4,f4,m41 in           
recognition of his example to the       

,nation of selfless dedication to duty  
and compassion for one's fellow         
citizens4  7b7 ,design and ,striking    
,for the purpose of the presentation    
referred to in subsection 7a71 the      
,secretary of the ,treasury shall strike
 a gold medal with suitable emblems1    
devices1 and inscriptions to be         
determined by the ,secretary4  #d4      
,duplicate medals ,under such           
regulations as the ,secretary of the    
,treasury may prescribe1 the ,secretary 
may strike duplicate medals in bronze of
 the gold medal struck pursuant to      
section #b and sell such duplicate      
medals at a price sufficient to cover   
the costs of the duplicate medals       
7including labor1 materials1 dies1 use  
of machinery1 overhead expenses7 and the
 cost of the gold medal4  #e4 ,national 
medals ,the medals struck under this    
,act are national medals for purposes of
 chapter #ea of title #ca1 ,united      
,states ,code4  #f4 ,funding  7a7       
,authorization of ,charges ,there is    

authorized to be charged against the    
,united ,states ,mint ,public           
,enterprise ,fund an amount not to      
exceed #cj1jjj to pay for the cost of   
the medals authorized by this ,act4  7b7
 ,proceeds of ,sale ,amounts received   
from the sale of duplicate bronze medals
 under section #c shall be deposited in 
the ,united ,states ,mint ,public       
,enterprise ,fund4