H.R. 8987, Fairness for 9/11 Families Act (Sept. 30, 2022)

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H.R. 8987, the Fairness for 9/11 Families Act, in the form that passed the House of Representatives on September 30, 2022. The bill amends the Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act to authorize appropriations for catch-up payments from the United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund, directing the Special Master to authorize lump sum catch-up payments. It authorizes and appropriates such sums as are necessary, to remain available until expended. A rescission provision takes $2,982,000,000 from unobligated balances under the Small Business Administration Business Loans Program Account, CARES Act.

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117TH CONGRESS
   2D SESSION
                    H. R. 8987

                     AN ACT
To amend the Justice for United States Victims of State
   Sponsored Terrorism Act to authorize appropriations for
   catch-up payments from the United States Victims of
   State Sponsored Terrorism Fund.

 1      Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
                                  2
 1   SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 2       This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fairness for 9/11
 3 Families Act’’.
 4   SEC. 2. APPROPRIATIONS.

 5       (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 404(d)(4)(C) of the Jus-
 6 tice for United States Victims of State Sponsored Ter-
 7 rorism Act (34 U.S.C. 20144(d)(4)(C)) is amended by
 8 adding at the end the following:
 9                     ‘‘(iv) AUTHORIZATION.—
10                              ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The Special
11                     Master shall authorize lump sum
12                     catch-up payments in amounts equal
13                     to the amounts described in sub-
14                     clauses (I), (II), and (III) of clause
15                     (iii).
16                              ‘‘(II) APPROPRIATIONS.—
17                                    ‘‘(aa) IN GENERAL.—There
18                              are authorized to be appropriated
19                              and there are appropriated to the
20                              Fund such sums as are necessary
21                              to carry out this clause, to re-
22                              main available until expended.
23                                    ‘‘(bb)      LIMITATION.—
24                              Amounts appropriated pursuant
25                              to item (aa) may not be used for
26                              a purpose other than to make
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1                         lump sum catch-up payments
2                         under this clause.’’.
3       (b) RESCISSION.—Of the unobligated balances of
4 amounts made available under the heading ‘‘Small Busi-
5 ness Administration—Business Loans Program Account,
6 CARES Act’’, for carrying out paragraphs (36) and (37)
7 of section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
8 636(a)), $2,982,000,000 are hereby rescinded.
        Passed the House of Representatives September 30,
    2022.
        Attest:




                                                  Clerk.




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117TH CONGRESS
   2D SESSION      H. R. 8987
               AN ACT
To amend the Justice for United States Victims of
  State Sponsored Terrorism Act to authorize ap-
  propriations for catch-up payments from the
  United States Victims of State Sponsored Ter-
  rorism Fund.


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