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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7564 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7564

   To amend the Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored 
             Terrorism Act with respect to certain victims.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 6, 2024

  Mr. Gaetz introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

 
   To amend the Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored 
             Terrorism Act with respect to certain victims.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. IMPROVEMENTS TO THE JUSTICE FOR UNITED STATES VICTIMS OF 
              STATE SPONSORED TERRORISM ACT.

    Section 404(d)(4)(D)(i) of the Justice for United States Victims of 
State Sponsored Terrorism Act (34 U.S.C. 20144(d)(4)(D)(i)) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``Not later than 1 year'' and inserting the 
        following:
                                    ``(I) Audit.--Not later than 1 
                                year''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                                    ``(II) Catch-up payments.--
                                            ``(aa) In general.--A 1983 
                                        Beirut barracks bombing victim 
                                        or a 1996 Khobar Towers bombing 
                                        victim who has had a final 
                                        judgment issued before December 
                                        29, 2022, and had an 
                                        application accepted by the 
                                        Fund before December 29, 2022, 
                                        but missed one or more of the 
                                        four rounds of payments issued 
                                        by the Fund, shall be eligible 
                                        for a lump-sum catch-up 
                                        payment, calculated with the 
                                        same methodology used for 1983 
                                        Beirut barracks bombing victims 
                                        and 1996 Khobar Towers bombing 
                                        victims deemed eligible under 
                                        the Fairness for 9/11 Families 
                                        Act, but adjusted for any prior 
                                        payment from the first four 
                                        rounds.
                                            ``(bb) Audit.--Not later 
                                        than 30 days after the date of 
                                        this subclause, the Comptroller 
                                        General of the United States 
                                        shall conduct an audit and 
                                        publish in the Federal Register 
                                        a notice of proposed lump sum 
                                        catch-up payments to a 1983 
                                        Beirut barracks bombing victim 
                                        or a 1996 Khobar Towers bombing 
                                        victim eligible pursuant to 
                                        item (aa).''.
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