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Union Calendar No. 114 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1327 

[Report No. 116–152] 

To extend authorization for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund 

of 2001 through fiscal year 2090, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 25, 2019 

Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. NADLER, Mr. 

KING of New York, Mr. ROSE of New York, Mr. MORELLE, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. BRENDAN F. 

BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. HIGGINS of 

New York, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Ms. WILSON of 

Florida, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. ZELDIN, Mrs. DINGELL, Ms. 

DELBENE, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Ms. 

KELLY of Illinois, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. GARAMENDI, Miss GONZA ́LEZCOLO ́N of Puerto Rico, Mr. KATKO, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. HIMES, Mr. 

MCGOVERN, Ms. NORTON, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. CISNEROS, Mrs. 

WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. COLLINS of New York, Mrs. LURIA, Ms. BLUNT

ROCHESTER, Mr. PASCRELL, Mrs. DEMINGS, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. 

SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 

SIRES, Ms. MENG, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. TONKO, Mr. DELGADO, Ms. 

OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. BRINDISI, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. 

JEFFRIES, Mr. COOK, Ms. SHERRILL, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. SMITH

of New Jersey, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. WILD, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. 

GOTTHEIMER, Mr. KIM, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. CLAY, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. 

TAKANO, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. 

MALINOWSKI, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. REED, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. AUSTIN

SCOTT of Georgia, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. 

KIRKPATRICK, Mr. COSTA, Ms. DEAN, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. BROWN of 

Maryland, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. BEYER, Ms. SPANBERGER, Ms. SHALALA, 

Mr. COLE, Mr. HURD of Texas, and Mr. MCHENRY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 


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JULY 12, 2019 

Additional sponsors: Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Ms. TITUS, Mr. MEUSER, 

Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. COHEN, Mr. 

HORSFORD, Mr. NEAL, Ms. HILL of California, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. 

MCCOLLUM, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. CUELLAR, Ms. 

WEXTON, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. OMAR, Mr. 

PHILLIPS, Mr. POSEY, Mr. TURNER, Mr. GOMEZ, Ms. SPEIER, Ms. 

ESCOBAR, Mr. RASKIN, Mrs. LEE of Nevada, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. GREEN

of Texas, Mr. STAUBER, Ms. CRAIG, Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. 

DEGETTE, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. WELCH, Mr. GOLDEN, Mr. 

AMODEI, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. GOODEN, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, 

Mr. SWALWELL of California, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. KUSTER of New 

Hampshire, Ms. PRESSLEY, Ms. HAALAND, Mr. LEVIN of California, Mr. 

HECK, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. CASE, Mr. MAST, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. ALLRED, 

Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, Mr. TRONE, Mr. ROUDA, Mr. 

RUSH, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. CROW, Mr. 

POCAN, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. PERRY, 

Mr. PETERS, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. SOTO, Mr. RYAN, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, 

Mrs. MURPHY, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. LOEBSACK, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. BERA, Mr. 

KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. KILMER, Mr. UPTON, Mrs. AXNE, Ms. CASTOR

of Florida, Mr. STANTON, Mr. CASTEN of Illinois, Ms. CHENEY, Mr. 

LAMB, Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois, Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio, Mr. COX of California, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. HARDER of California, Ms. BASS, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. BOST, Mr. RIGGLEMAN, Mr. CRIST, Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania, 

Mr. RESCHENTHALER, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mrs. FLETCHER, Ms. 

FINKENAUER, Mr. BUDD, Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, Mr. BARR, Mr. 

MCADAMS, Mr. KENNEDY, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. WITTMAN, Ms. 

CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. LUJA ́N, 

Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mrs. MILLER, Mr. KILDEE, Mrs. 

BUSTOS, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. BARRAGA ́N, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. 

BALDERSON, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. TED LIEU of California, 

Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Mr. RUIZ, Ms. KENDRA

S. HORN of Oklahoma, Mr. EVANS, Ms. SCHRIER, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. 

SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. BACON, Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. GALLEGO, Ms. PORTER, Mrs. 

MCBATH, Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. DIAZBALART, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. KIND, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. 

GALLAGHER, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. HOLDING, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. CORREA, 

Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. LAHOOD, 

Mr. SMUCKER, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. YOHO, Mr. WOODALL, Mr. CLEAVER, 

Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. BUCSHON, Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, Mr. 

HAGEDORN, Ms. WATERS, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Ms. SA ́NCHEZ, Mr. 

CA ́RDENAS, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. WATKINS, Mr. O’HALLERAN, 

Ms. FRANKEL, Mr. SAN NICOLAS, Mr. TIMMONS, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. 

SMITH of Missouri, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. GIANFORTE, Mr. 

MARCHANT, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. TORRES SMALL of New 

Mexico, Mr. DEUTCH, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, 

Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. CLINE, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. 


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JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. WENSTRUP, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. MCEACHIN, 

Mr. GRAVES of Georgia, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. MOORE, 

Mr. VELA, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. SMITH

of Washington, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. EMMER, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, 

Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. KEATING, Mr. DAVID

SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. 

VEASEY, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. LEWIS, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. JOHNSON of 

Louisiana, Mr. COOPER, Mrs. RODGERS of Washington, Mr. BISHOP of 

Georgia, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. HUIZENGA, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. 

LONG, Mrs. LESKO, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. CARTER of Texas, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. WALKER, Mr. OLSON, Mr. GREEN of Tennessee, Mr. DUNN, 

Mr. MULLIN, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. HOYER, Ms. PELOSI, and Mr. FORTENBERRY

JULY 12, 2019 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To extend authorization for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 through fiscal year 2090, and 

for other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Never Forget the He5 roes: Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Vic6 tim Compensation Fund Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. SEPTEMBER 11TH VICTIM COMPENSATION FUND OF 

8 2001. 

9 (a) AUTHORIZATION AND FUNDING.—Section 410 of 

10 the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization 

11 Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended— 

12 (1) in subsection (c), by striking 

13 ‘‘$4,600,000,000’’ and all that follows through ‘‘ex14 pended’’ and inserting ‘‘such sums as may be nec15 essary for fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year 

16 thereafter through fiscal year 2090, to remain avail17 able through such fiscal year’’; and 

18 (2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘Upon comple19 tion of all payments under this title’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘On October 1, 2090’’. 

21 (b) EXTENDING FILING DEADLINE.—Section 

22 405(a)(3)(B) of the Air Transportation Safety and Sys23 tem Stabilization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended 

24 by striking ‘‘the date that is 5 years after the date of en25 actment of the James Zadroga 9/11 Victim Compensation 


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1 Fund Reauthorization Act’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 

2 2089’’. 

3 (c) COMPENSATION REDUCED BY SPECIAL MASTER

4 DUE TO LACK OF FUNDING.—Section 406(d)(2) of the 

5 Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act 

6 (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended— 

7 (1) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking ‘‘each 

8 year thereafter’’ and inserting ‘‘not less than once 

9 every 5 years thereafter’’; and 

10 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(D) COMPENSATION REDUCED BY SPE12 CIAL MASTER DUE TO INSUFFICIENT FUND13 ING.— 

14 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—With respect to 

15 any claim in Group B as described in sec16 tion 405(a)(3)(C)(iii) for which, prior to 

17 the date of enactment of this subpara18 graph, the Special Master had advised the 

19 claimant that the amount of compensation 

20 for such claim has been reduced on the 

21 basis of insufficient funding, the Special 

22 Master shall, in the first fiscal year fol23 lowing such date of enactment that suffi24 cient funding becomes available under this 

25 title, pay to the claimant an amount that 


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1 is, as determined by the Special Master, 

2 equal to the difference between— 

3 ‘‘(I) the amount the claimant 

4 would have been paid under this title 

5 if sufficient funding was available to 

6 the Special Master at the time the 

7 Special Master determined the 

8 amount due the claimant under this 

9 title; and 

10 ‘‘(II) the amount the claimant 

11 was paid under this title. 

12 ‘‘(ii) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of 

13 this subparagraph: 

14 ‘‘(I) INSUFFICIENT FUNDING.— 

15 The term ‘insufficient funding’ means 

16 funding— 

17 ‘‘(aa) that is available to the 

18 Special Master under section 

19 410(c), as in effect on the day 

20 before the date of enactment of 

21 this subparagraph, for purposes 

22 of compensating claims in Group 

23 B as described in section 

24 405(a)(3)(C)(iii); and 


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1 ‘‘(bb) that the Special Mas2 ter determines is insufficient for 

3 purposes of compensating all 

4 such claims and complying with 

5 subparagraph (A). 

6 ‘‘(II) SUFFICIENT FUNDING.— 

7 The term ‘sufficient funding’ means 

8 funding— 

9 ‘‘(aa) made available to the 

10 Special Master for purposes of 

11 compensating claims in Group B 

12 as described in section 

13 405(a)(3)(C)(iii) through an Act 

14 of Congress that is enacted after 

15 the date on which the amount of 

16 the claim described in clause (i) 

17 has been reduced; and 

18 ‘‘(bb) that the Special Mas19 ter determines is sufficient for 

20 purposes of compensating all 

21 claims in such Group B.’’. 

22 (d) LIMITATIONS ON NONECONOMIC LOSS.—Section 

23 405(b)(7)(A) of the of the Air Transportation Safety and 

24 System Stabilization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is 

25 amended— 


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1 (1) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as sub2 clauses (I) and (II) respectively, and adjusting the 

3 margins accordingly; 

4 (2) by striking ‘‘With respect to’’ and inserting 

5 the following: 

6 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as pro7 vided in clause (ii), with respect to’’; and 

8 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—The Special Mas10 ter may exceed the applicable limitation 

11 under clause (i) for a claim in Group B as 

12 described in subsection (a)(3)(C)(iii) if the 

13 Special Master determines that the pain 

14 and suffering of the claimant is so exces15 sive as to render the amount of the appli16 cable limitation under clause (i) insuffi17 ciently compensatory.’’. 

18 (e) ADJUSTMENT OF GROSS INCOME LIMITATION.— 

19 Section 405(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the Air Transportation Safety 

20 and System Stabilization Act (40 U.S.C. 40101 note) is 

21 amended— 

22 (1) by striking ‘‘In considering’’ and inserting 

23 the following: 

24 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Subject to 

25 subclause (II), in considering’’ ; and 


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1 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(II) ADJUSTMENT.—The Spe3 cial Master shall adjust the amount of 

4 the limitation under subclause (I) not 

5 more frequently than once every 5 

6 years to reflect the percentage by 

7 which the Consumer Price Index for 

8 All Urban Consumers published by 

9 the Department of Labor for the 

10 month of October immediately pre11 ceding the date of adjustment exceeds 

12 the Consumer Price Index for All 

13 Urban Consumers published by the 

14 Department of Labor for the month 

15 of October that immediately precedes 

16 the date that is 5 years before the 

17 date of adjustment.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 114 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1327 

[Report No. 116–152] 

A BILL 

To extend authorization for the September 11th 

cal year 2090, and for other purposes. Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 through fisJULY 12, 2019 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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