SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Never Forget the He-
roes: James Zadroga, Ray Pfeifer, and Luis Alvarez Per-
manent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Com-
pensation Fund Act’’. 
SEC. 2. SEPTEMBER 11TH VICTIM COMPENSATION FUND OF 
2001. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION AND FUNDING.—Section 410 of 
the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization 
Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended— 
(1) 
in 
subsection 
(c), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$4,600,000,000’’ and all that follows through ‘‘ex-
pended’’ and inserting ‘‘such sums as may be nec-
essary for fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year 
thereafter through fiscal year 2092, to remain avail-
able until expended’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘Upon comple-
tion of all payments under this title’’ and inserting 
‘‘On October 1, 2092, or at such time thereafter as 
all funds are expended’’. 
(b) EXTENSION OF LIMITATION ON CLAIM FILING.— 
Section 405(a)(3)(B) of the Air Transportation Safety 
and System Stabilization Act (40 U.S.C. 401010 note) is 
amended by striking ‘‘the date that is 5 years after the 
date of enactment of the James Zadroga 9/11 Victim
Compensation Fund Reauthorization Act’’ and inserting 
‘‘October 1, 2090’’. 
(c) COMPENSATION REDUCED BY SPECIAL MASTER 
DUE TO LACK OF FUNDING.—Section 406(d)(2) of the 
Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act 
(49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(D) COMPENSATION
REDUCED
BY
SPE-
CIAL
MASTER
DUE
TO
INSUFFICIENT
FUND-
ING.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In any claim in 
Group 
B 
as 
described 
in 
section 
405(a)(3)(C)(iii) in which, prior to the en-
actment of the Never Forget the Heroes: 
James Zadroga, Ray Pfeifer, and Luis Al-
varez Permanent Authorization of the Sep-
tember 11th Victim Compensation Fund 
Act, the Special Master had advised the 
claimant that the amount of compensation 
has been reduced on the basis of insuffi-
cient funding, the Special Master shall, in 
the first fiscal year beginning after suffi-
cient funding becomes available under such 
Act, pay to the claimant an amount that
is, as determined by the Special Master, 
equal to the difference between— 
‘‘(I) the amount the claimant 
would have been paid under this title 
if sufficient funding was available to 
the Special Master at the time the 
Special 
Master 
determined 
the 
amount due the claimant under this 
title; and 
‘‘(II) the amount the claimant 
was paid under this title. 
‘‘(ii) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of 
this subparagraph: 
‘‘(I) INSUFFICIENT
FUNDING.— 
The term ‘insufficient funding’ means 
funding— 
‘‘(aa) that is available to the 
Special Master under section 
410(c) on the day before the date 
of enactment of the Never Forget 
the Heroes: James Zadroga, Ray 
Pfeifer, and Luis Alvarez Perma-
nent Authorization of the Sep-
tember 11th Victim Compensa-
tion Fund Act for purposes of
compensating claims in Group B 
as 
described 
in 
section 
405(a)(3)(C)(iii); and 
‘‘(bb) that the Special Mas-
ter determines is insufficient for 
purposes of compensating all 
such claims and complying with 
subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(II) SUFFICIENT
FUNDING.— 
The term ‘sufficient funding’ means 
funding— 
‘‘(aa) made available to the 
Special Master for purposes of 
compensating claims in Group B 
as 
described 
in 
section 
405(a)(3)(C)(iii) through an Act 
of Congress that is enacted after 
the date on which the amount of 
the claim described in clause (i) 
has been reduced; and 
‘‘(bb) that the Special Mas-
ter determines is sufficient for 
purposes of compensating all 
claims in such Group B.’’.
(d) LIMITATIONS ON NONECONOMIC LOSS.—Section 
405(b)(7)(A) of the of the Air Transportation Safety and 
System Stabilization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as sub-
clauses (I) and (II) respectively, and adjusting the 
margins accordingly; 
(2) by striking ‘‘With respect to’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Except as pro-
vided in clause (ii), with respect to’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—The Special Mas-
ter may exceed the applicable limitation in 
clause (i) for a claim in Group B as de-
scribed in subsection (a)(3)(C)(iii) if the 
Special Master determines that the claim 
presents special circumstances.’’. 
(e) ADJUSTMENT OF ANNUAL GROSS INCOME LIMI-
TATION.—Section 405(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the Air Transpor-
tation Safety and System Stabilization Act (40 U.S.C. 
40101 note) is amended by striking ‘‘$200,000.’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the annual gross income limitation. The annual 
gross income limitation in effect on the date of enactment 
of the Never Forget the Heroes: James Zadroga, Ray
Pfeifer, and Luis Alvarez Permanent Authorization of the 
September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act is 
$200,000. The Special Master shall periodically adjust 
that annual gross income limitation to account for infla-
tion.’’. 
SEC. 3. APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL MASTER AND DEPUTY 
SPECIAL MASTERS. 
Section 404 of the Air Transportation Safety and 
System Stabilization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
section (c); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(b) APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL MASTER AND DEP-
UTY SPECIAL MASTERS.—The Attorney General may ap-
point a Special Master and no more than two Deputy Spe-
cial Masters without regard to the provisions of title 5, 
United States Code, governing appointments in the com-
petitive service. Any such employee shall serve at the 
pleasure of the Attorney General. The Attorney General 
shall fix the annual salary of the Special Master and the 
Deputy Special Masters.’’.