H.R. 8987, Fairness for 9/11 Families Act (Sept. 26, 2022)
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House bill 8987, the Fairness for 9/11 Families Act, is a bill 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. Nadler introduced it on September 26, 2022, and it was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to other committees. Section 2 provides that the Special Master shall authorize lump sum catch-up payments, with such sums as are necessary appropriated to the Fund, to remain available until expended. It also rescinds $2,982,000,000 of the unobligated balances under the heading Small Business Administration—Business Loans Program Account, CARES Act, for carrying out paragraphs (36) and (37) of section 7(a) of the Small Business Act.
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“H.R. 8987, Fairness for 9/11 Families Act (Sept. 26, 2022).”
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117TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 8987
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.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
Mr. NADLER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on the Budg-
et, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
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,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fairness for 9/11
5 Families Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. APPROPRIATIONS.
2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 404(d)(4)(C) of the Jus-
3 tice for United States Victims of State Sponsored Ter-
4 rorism Act (34 U.S.C. 20144(d)(4)(C)) is amended by
5 adding at the end the following:
6 ‘‘(iv) AUTHORIZATION.—
7 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The Special
8 Master shall authorize lump sum
9 catch-up payments in amounts equal
10 to the amounts described in sub-
11 clauses (I), (II), and (III) of clause
12 (iii).
13 ‘‘(II) APPROPRIATIONS.—
14 ‘‘(aa) IN GENERAL.—There
15 are authorized to be appropriated
16 and there are appropriated to the
17 Fund such sums as are necessary
18 to carry out this clause, to re-
19 main available until expended.
20 ‘‘(bb) LIMITATION.—
21 Amounts appropriated pursuant
22 to item (aa) may not be used for
23 a purpose other than to make
24 lump sum catch-up payments
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25 under this clause.’’.
26 (b) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The amounts provided under
2 the amendments made by subsection (a) are des-
3 ignated as an emergency requirement pursuant to
4 section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of
5 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(g)).
6 (2) DESIGNATION IN THE SENATE AND THE
7 HOUSE.—The amendments made by subsection (a)
8 are designated as an emergency requirement pursu-
9 ant to subsections (a) and (b) of section 4001 of S.
10 Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent reso-
11 lution on the budget for fiscal year 2022.
12 (c) RESCISSION.—Of the unobligated balances of
13 amounts made available under the heading ‘‘Small Busi-
14 ness Administration—Business Loans Program Account,
15 CARES Act’’, for carrying out paragraphs (36) and (37)
16 of section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
17 636(a)), $2,982,000,000 are hereby rescinded.
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