Honor the Heroes Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4511
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2019-09-26
Policy area: Law
Latest action: action_date: 2019-09-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-09-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Honor the Heroes Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill modifies the funding and administration of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001.</p> <p>The bill provides appropriations for the fund in specified amounts through FY2025, whereas current law provides such appropriations as may be necessary through FY2092. Additionally, beginning in FY2020, the bill redirects to the fund a portion of the annual discretionary budgets for the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Labor, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Department of Commerce.<br /></p>The bill also shortens a deadline for claimants to file certain claims for compensation from the fund.<br />

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4511 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. Short title This Act may be cited as the Honor the Heroes Act of 2019 . 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 such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year thereafter through fiscal year 2092 and inserting $11,991,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year thereafter through fiscal year 2025 ; and (2) by striking subsection (e). (b) Extending filing deadline Section 405(a)(3)(B) of the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act ( 49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended by striking October 1, 2090 and inserting 5 years after the date of enactment of the Honor the Heroes Act of 2019 . (c) Compensation reduced by Special Master due to lack of funding Section 406(d)(2)(C)(ii) of the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act ( 49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended by striking each year thereafter and inserting not less than once every 5 years thereafter . (d) Adjustment of gross income limitation Section 405(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act ( 40 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended— (1) by striking In considering and inserting the following: (I) In general Subject to subclause (II), in considering ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (II) Adjustment The Special Master shall adjust the amount of the limitation under subclause (I) not more frequently than once every 2 years to reflect the percentage by which the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Department of Labor for the month of October immediately preceding the date of adjustment exceeds the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Department of Labor for the month of October that immediately precedes the date that is 2 years before the date of adjustment. . 3. Offset (a) In general For fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year thereafter, the discretionary budget authority provided to each of the following for fiscal year 2019 shall be reduced by 3 percent, with the reduction applied proportionately to each account: (1) The Environmental Protection Agency. (2) The Department of the Interior. (3) The Department of Labor. (4) The Department of Housing and Urban Development. (5) The Department of Commerce. (b) Deposit into fund An amount equal to the total amount of any reduction under subsection (a) shall be deposited into the Victim Compensation Fund established under section 410 of the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act ( 49 U.S.C. 40101 note). (c) Conforming amendment Section 410(b) of the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act ( 49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended by adding at the end the following: (3) An amount equal to the total amount of any reduction under section 3 of the Honor the Heroes Act of 2019 . .