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‘‘(ii) Not later than 90 days after the date of 
obtaining a final judgment, with regard to a final judg-
ment obtained on or after the date of that publication, 
unless— 
‘‘(I) the final judgment was awarded to a 9/ 
11 victim, 9/11 spouse, or 9/11 dependent before 
the date of enactment of the United States Victims 
of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund Clarification 
Act, in which case such United States person shall 
have 90 days from the date of enactment of such 
Act to submit an application for payment; or 
‘‘(II) the final judgment was awarded to a 1983 
Beirut barracks bombing victim or a 1996 Khobar 
Towers bombing victim before the date of enact-
ment of the Fairness for 9/11 Families Act, in 
which case such United States person shall have 
180 days from the date of enactment of such Act 
to submit an application for payment.’’; 
(3) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (3)(B), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(iii) For the purposes of clause (i), the calculation 
of the total compensatory damages received or entitled 
or scheduled to be received by an applicant who is 
a 1983 Beirut barracks bombing victim or a 1996 
Khobar Towers bombing victim from any source other 
than the Fund shall include the total amount received 
by the applicant as a result of or in connection with 
the proceedings captioned Peterson v. Islamic Republic 
of Iran, No. 10 Vic. 4518 (S.D.N.Y.), or the proceedings 
captioned In Re 650 Fifth Avenue & Related Properties, 
No. 08 Civ. 10934 (S.D.N.Y. filed Dec. 17, 2008), such 
that any such applicant who has received or is entitled 
or scheduled to receive 30 percent or more of such 
applicant’s compensatory damages judgment as a 
result of or in connection with such proceedings shall 
not receive any payment from the Fund, except in 
accordance with the requirements of clause (i), or as 
part of a lump-sum catch-up payment in accordance 
with paragraph (4)(D).’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘(B) and (C)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(B), (C), and (D)’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (C), by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(iv) AUTHORIZATION.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—The Special Master shall 
authorize 
lump 
sum 
catch-up 
payments 
in 
amounts equal to the amounts described in sub-
clauses (I), (II), and (III) of clause (iii). 
‘‘(II) APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(aa) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated and there are appropriated 
to the Fund such sums as are necessary to 
carry out this clause, to remain available until 
expended.
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‘‘(bb) LIMITATION.—Amounts appropriated 
pursuant to item (aa) may not be used for 
a purpose other than to make lump sum catch- 
up payments under this clause.’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) LUMP SUM CATCH-UP PAYMENTS FOR 1983 BEIRUT 
BARRACKS
BOMBING
VICTIMS
AND
1996
KHOBAR
TOWERS 
BOMBING VICTIMS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of the Fairness for 9/11 Families 
Act, and in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii) of 
paragraph (3)(A), 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 the 1983 Beirut barracks 
bombing victims and the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing 
victims who have submitted applications in accordance 
with subsection (c)(3)(A)(ii)(II) on or after such date 
of enactment, in amounts that, after receiving the lump 
sum catch-up payments, would result in the percentage 
of the claims of such victims received from the Fund 
being equal to the percentage of the claims of non- 
9/11 victims of state sponsored terrorism received from 
the Fund, as of such date of enactment. 
‘‘(ii) PUBLIC COMMENT.—The Comptroller General 
shall provide an opportunity for public comment for 
a 30-day period beginning on the date on which the 
notice is published under clause (i). 
‘‘(iii) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the 
expiration of the comment period in clause (ii), the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit 
to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on 
the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives, and the Special 
Master a report that includes the determination of 
the Comptroller General on— 
‘‘(I) the amount of the proposed lump sum 
catch-up payment for each 1983 Beirut barracks 
bombing victim; 
‘‘(II) the amount of the proposed lump sum 
catch-up payment for each 1996 Khobar Towers 
bombing victim; and 
‘‘(III) amount of lump sum catch-up payments 
described in subclauses (I) and (II). 
‘‘(iv) LUMP
SUM
CATCH-UP
PAYMENT
RESERVE 
FUND.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—There is established within 
the Fund a lump sum catch-up payment reserve 
fund, to remain in reserve except in accordance 
with this subsection. 
‘‘(II) AUTHORIZATION.—Not earlier than 90 
days after the date on which the Comptroller Gen-
eral submits the report required under clause (iii), 
and not later than 1 year after such date, the 
Special Master shall authorize lump sum catch- 
up payments from the reserve fund established
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under subclause (I) in amounts equal to the 
amounts described in subclauses (I) and (II) of 
clause (iii). 
‘‘(III) APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(aa) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated and there are appropriated 
to the lump sum catch-up payment reserve 
fund $3,000,000,000 to carry out this clause, 
to remain available until expended. 
‘‘(bb) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in 
subclause (IV), amounts appropriated pursu-
ant to item (aa) may not be used for a purpose 
other than to make lump sum catch-up pay-
ments under this clause. 
‘‘(IV) EXPIRATION.— 
‘‘(aa) IN GENERAL.—The lump sum catch- 
up payment reserve fund established by this 
clause shall be terminated not later than 1 
year after the Special Master disperses all 
lump sum catch-up payments pursuant to sub-
clause (II). 
‘‘(bb) REMAINING AMOUNTS.—All amounts 
remaining in the lump sum catch-up payment 
reserve fund in excess of the amounts 
described in subclauses (I) and (II) of clause 
(iii) shall be deposited into the Fund under 
this section.’’; 
(4) in subsection (e)(2)(B), by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(v) 
EXCEPTION
FOR
1983
BEIRUT
BARRACKS 
BOMBING VICTIMS AND 1996 KHOBAR TOWERS BOMBING 
VICTIMS.—Nothing in this subparagraph shall apply 
with respect to— 
‘‘(I) a 1983 Beirut barracks bombing victim 
or a 1996 Khobar Towers bombing victim who 
submits 
an 
application 
under 
subsection 
(c)(3)(A)(ii)(II) on or after the date of enactment 
of the Fairness for 9/11 Families Act; or 
‘‘(II) the assets, or the net proceeds of the 
sale of properties or related assets, attributable 
to a person described in subclause (I).’’; and 
(5) in subsection (j), by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(15) 1983 BEIRUT BARRACKS BOMBING VICTIM.—The term 
‘1983 Beirut barracks bombing victim’— 
‘‘(A) means a plaintiff, or estate or successor in interest 
thereof, who has an eligible claim under subsection (c) 
that arises out of the October 23, 1983, bombing of the 
United States Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon; 
and 
‘‘(B) includes a plaintiff, estate, or successor in interest 
described in subparagraph (A) who is a judgment creditor 
in the proceedings captioned Peterson v. Islamic Republic 
of Iran, No. 10 Vic. 4518 (S.D.N.Y.), or a Settling Judgment 
Creditor as identified in the order dated May 27, 2014, 
in the proceedings captioned In Re 650 Fifth Avenue & 
Related Properties, No. 08 Vic.10934 (S.D.N.Y. filed Dec. 
17, 2008).
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‘‘(16) 1996 KHOBAR TOWERS BOMBING VICTIM.—The term 
‘1996 Khobar Towers bombing victim’— 
‘‘(A) means a plaintiff, or estate or successor in interest 
thereof, who has an eligible claim under subsection (c) 
that arises out of the June 25, 1996 bombing of the Khobar 
Tower housing complex in Saudi Arabia; and 
‘‘(B) includes a plaintiff, estate, or successor in interest 
described in subparagraph (A) who is a judgment creditor 
in the proceedings captioned Peterson v. Islamic Republic 
of Iran, No. 10 Vic. 4518 (S.D.N.Y.), or a Settling Judgment 
Creditor as identified in the order dated May 27, 2014, 
in the proceedings captioned In Re 650 Fifth Avenue & 
Related Properties, No. 08 Vic.10934 (S.D.N.Y. filed Dec. 
17, 2008).’’. 
(c) GAO REPORT ON FUNDING FOR THE UNITED STATES VICTIMS 
OF STATE SPONSORED TERRORISM FUND.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall submit to Congress a report evaluating 
ways to increase deposits into the United States Victims of State 
Sponsored Terrorism Fund established under paragraph (1) of sec-
tion 404(e) of the Justice for United States Victims of State Spon-
sored Terrorism Act (34 U.S.C. 20144(e)) (in this subsection referred 
to as the ‘‘Fund’’), including assessing the advisability and effect 
of— 
(1) expanding the scope of the criminal offenses for which 
funds, and the net proceeds from the sale of property, forfeited 
or paid to the United States are deposited in the Fund under 
paragraph (2)(A)(i) of such section; 
(2) expanding the scope of the civil penalties or fines for 
which funds, and the net proceeds from the sale of property, 
forfeited or paid to the United States are deposited in the 
Fund under paragraph (2)(A)(ii) of such section to include civil 
penalties or fines imposed, including as part of a settlement 
agreement, on an entity for providing material support to an 
organization designated as a foreign terrorist organization 
under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1189); and 
(3) increasing to 100 percent the percentage of funds, and 
the net proceeds from the sale of property, forfeited or paid 
to the United States as a civil penalty or fine that are deposited 
in the Fund under paragraph (2)(A)(ii) of such section. 
(d) RESCISSIONS.— 
(1) BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT.—Of the unobli-
gated balances of amounts made available 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 (15 U.S.C. 636(a)), 
$4,954,772,000 are hereby rescinded. 
(2) SHUTTERED VENUE OPERATORS GRANT.—Of the unobli-
gated balances of amounts made available under the heading 
‘‘Small Business Administration—Shuttered Venue Operators’’, 
for carrying out section 324 of division N of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2021 (15 U.S.C. 9009a), $459,000,000 are 
hereby rescinded.
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(3) AVIATION
MANUFACTURING
PAYROLL
SUPPORT
PRO-
GRAM.—Of the unobligated balances of amounts made available 
under section 7202 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 
(15 U.S.C. 9132), $568,228,000 are hereby rescinded. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.