I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3858 
To reauthorize the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund and to create 
a fund to compensate U.S. victims of state sponsored terrorism who 
hold final judgments from Article III courts and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 29, 2015 
Mr. CHABOT (for himself, Mr. GOODLATTE, and Mr. SMITH of Texas) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the September 11th Victim Compensation 
Fund and to create a fund to compensate U.S. victims 
of state sponsored terrorism who hold final judgments 
from Article III courts and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘September 11th VCF 
Reauthorization and U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Ter-
rorism Compensation Act’’. 
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TITLE I—REAUTHORIZATION OF 
THE SEPTEMBER 11TH VIC-
TIM COMPENSATION FUND 
SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 402 of the September 11th Victim Compensa-
tion Fund of 2001 (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), (7), 
(8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), and (14) as para-
graphs (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (13), (14), (15), 
and (19), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(5) CERTIFIED-ELIGIBLE
WTC
SURVIVOR.— 
The term ‘certified-eligible WTC survivor’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 3321(a)(2) of 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300mm– 
31(a)(2)).’’; 
(3) in paragraph (10), as so redesignated— 
(A) by striking ‘‘medical expense loss,’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘and loss of business or 
employment opportunities’’ and inserting ‘‘, loss 
of business or employment opportunities, and 
past out-of-pocket medical expense loss’’; and 
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(C) by inserting ‘‘, but does not include fu-
ture medical expense loss’’ before the period at 
the end; 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (11), as so re-
designated, the following: 
‘‘(12) ENROLLED WTC RESPONDER.—The term 
‘enrolled WTC responder’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 3306 of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300mm–5).’’; 
(5) by inserting after paragraph (15), as so re-
designated, the following: 
‘‘(16) WORLD
TRADE
CENTER
HEALTH
PRO-
GRAM.—The term ‘World Trade Center Health Pro-
gram’ means the program established by section 
3301 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
300mm). 
‘‘(17) WTC PROGRAM
ADMINISTRATOR.—The 
term ‘WTC Program Administrator’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 3306 of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300mm–5). 
‘‘(18) WTC-RELATED PHYSICAL HEALTH CON-
DITION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘WTC-re-
lated physical health condition’— 
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‘‘(i) means, subject to clause (ii), a 
WTC-related physical health condition as 
defined by section 3312(a) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300mm– 
22(a)), including the conditions listed in 
section 3322(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
300mm–32(b)); and 
‘‘(ii) does not include any type of 
mental health condition. 
‘‘(B) MEDICAL JUDGMENT OF WTC PRO-
GRAM ADMINISTRATOR.—For purposes of deter-
mining the conditions that meet the definition 
of a WTC-related physical health condition, the 
Special Master shall rely on the medical judg-
ment of the WTC Program Administrator.’’; 
and 
(6) in paragraph (19), as so redesignated, by 
amending subparagraph (C) to read as: 
‘‘(C) the area in Manhattan that is south 
of the line that runs along Canal Street from 
the Hudson River to the intersection of Canal 
Street and East Broadway, north on East 
Broadway to Clinton Street, and east on Clin-
ton Street to the East River; and’’. 
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SEC. 102. PURPOSE. 
Section 403 of the September 11th Victim Compensa-
tion Fund of 2001 (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended 
by inserting ‘‘, or the rescue and recovery efforts during 
the immediate aftermath of such crashes’’ before the pe-
riod at the end. 
SEC. 103. DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR COM-
PENSATION. 
Section 405 of the September 11th Victim Compensa-
tion Fund of 2001 (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘during the 
period’’ and all that follows through the period and 
inserting ‘‘during either— 
‘‘(i) the period beginning on October 
3, 2011, and ending on October 3, 2016; 
or 
‘‘(ii) the period beginning on October 
4, 2016, and ending on October 4, 2021.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(6), by inserting ‘‘, or the 
rescue and recovery efforts during the immediate 
aftermath of such crashes’’ before the period; and 
(3) in subsection (c)(3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘the pe-
riod described in subsection (a)(3)(B)’’ and 
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inserting ‘‘a period described in clause (i) 
or (ii) of subsection (a)(3)(B)’’; 
(ii) in clause (i)(I)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘the date specified 
in clause (iii)’’ and inserting ‘‘October 
3, 2011’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘before such 
specified date’’ and inserting ‘‘before 
such date’’; and 
(III) by striking ‘‘such specified 
date.’’ and inserting ‘‘October 3, 
2011.’’; 
(iii) in clause (i)(II)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘date specified in 
clause (iii)’’ and inserting ‘‘October 3, 
2011,’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘on or after such 
specified date’’ and inserting ‘‘on or 
after such date’’; and 
(iv) by striking clauses (ii) and (iii) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(ii) WTC HEALTH
PROGRAM
RE-
QUIREMENTS FOR ELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to 
subclause (II), an individual may file 
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