Fairness for 9/11 Families Act
Bill: S.5045 | Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert (D-NJ)
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
Fairness for 9/11 Families Act
This bill authorizes and provides funding for lump-sum catch-up payments from the United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund to 9/11 victims, 9/11 spouses, and 9/11 dependents.
The bill also rescinds specified unobligated funds that were provided to the Small Business Administration for the Paycheck Protection Program.

To amend the Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored 
 Terrorism Act to authorize appropriations for catch-up payments from 
      the United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fairness for 9/11 Families Act''.

SEC. 2. APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 404(d)(4)(C) of the Justice for United 
States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act (34 U.S.C. 
20144(d)(4)(C)) is amended 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 subclauses (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.
                                            ``(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.''.
    (b) Emergency Designation.--
            (1) In general.--The amounts provided under the amendments 
        made by subsection (a) are designated as an emergency 
        requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-
        You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(g)).
            (2) Designation in the senate and the house.--The 
        amendments made by subsection (a) are designated as an 
        emergency requirement pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of 
        section 4001 of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the 
        concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022.
    (c) Rescission.--Of the unobligated 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)), 
$2,982,000,000 are hereby rescinded.
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