Fairness for 9/11 Families Act

Bill: 117-s-5045
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2022-09-29
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime victims

Government trust funds

Terrorism
Latest action: action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-09-29
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Fairness for 9/11 Families Act</b></p> <p>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.</p> <p>The bill also rescinds specified unobligated funds that were provided to the Small Business Administration for the Paycheck Protection Program. </p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5045 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 29, 2022 Mr. Menendez (for himself, Mr. Schumer , Mr. Blumenthal , Mrs. Gillibrand , Mr. Booker , and Mr. Murphy ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fairness for 9/11 Families Act . 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.