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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4511 

To extend authorization for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund 

of 2001 through fiscal year 2025, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019 

Mr. ARRINGTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy 

and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture, Science, 

Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Education and Labor, Financial Services, Foreign Affairs, Ways and Means, and Oversight and Reform, 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 extend authorization for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 through fiscal year 2025, and 

for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Honor the Heroes Act 

5 of 2019’’. 


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

2 2001. 

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

4 the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization 

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

6 (1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘such sums as 

7 may be necessary for fiscal year 2019 and each fis8 cal year thereafter through fiscal year 2092’’ and in9 serting ‘‘$11,991,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 and 

10 each fiscal year thereafter through fiscal year 

11 2025’’; and 

12 (2) by striking subsection (e). 

13 (b) EXTENDING FILING DEADLINE.—Section 

14 405(a)(3)(B) of the Air Transportation Safety and Sys15 tem Stabilization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended 

16 by striking ‘‘October 1, 2090’’ and inserting ‘‘5 years after 

17 the date of enactment of the Honor the Heroes Act of 

18 2019’’. 

19 (c) COMPENSATION REDUCED BY SPECIAL MASTER

20 DUE TO LACK OF FUNDING.—Section 406(d)(2)(C)(ii) of 

21 the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization 

22 Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended by striking ‘‘each 

23 year thereafter’’ and inserting ‘‘not less than once every 

24 5 years thereafter’’. 

25 (d) ADJUSTMENT OF GROSS INCOME LIMITATION.— 

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


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

2 amended— 

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

4 the following: 

5 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Subject to 

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

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

8 ‘‘(II) ADJUSTMENT.—The Spe9 cial Master shall adjust the amount of 

10 the limitation under subclause (I) not 

11 more frequently than once every 2 

12 years to reflect the percentage by 

13 which the Consumer Price Index for 

14 All Urban Consumers published by 

15 the Department of Labor for the 

16 month of October immediately pre17 ceding the date of adjustment exceeds 

18 the Consumer Price Index for All 

19 Urban Consumers published by the 

20 Department of Labor for the month 

21 of October that immediately precedes 

22 the date that is 2 years before the 

23 date of adjustment.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. OFFSET. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2020 and each fis3 cal year thereafter, the discretionary budget authority pro4 vided to each of the following for fiscal year 2019 shall 

5 be reduced by 3 percent, with the reduction applied pro6 portionately to each account: 

7 (1) The Environmental Protection Agency. 

8 (2) The Department of the Interior. 

9 (3) The Department of Labor. 

10 (4) The Department of Housing and Urban De11 velopment. 

12 (5) The Department of Commerce. 

13 (b) DEPOSIT INTO FUND.—An amount equal to the 

14 total amount of any reduction under subsection (a) shall 

15 be deposited into the Victim Compensation Fund estab16 lished under section 410 of the Air Transportation Safety 

17 and System Stabilization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note). 

18 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 410(b) of 

19 the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization 

20 Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended by adding at the 

21 end the following: 

22 ‘‘(3) An amount equal to the total amount of 

23 any reduction under section 3 of the Honor the He24 roes Act of 2019.’’. 

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