To amend the Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act with respect to certain victims.

Bill: 118-hr-7564
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2024-03-06
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Latest action: action_date: 2024-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7564 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 6, 2024 Mr. Gaetz introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act with respect to certain victims.

1. Improvements to the Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act Section 404(d)(4)(D)(i) of the Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act ( 34 U.S.C. 20144(d)(4)(D)(i) ) is amended— (1) by striking Not later than 1 year and inserting the following: (I) Audit Not later than 1 year ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (II) Catch-up payments (aa) In general A 1983 Beirut barracks bombing victim or a 1996 Khobar Towers bombing victim who has had a final judgment issued before December 29, 2022, and had an application accepted by the Fund before December 29, 2022, but missed one or more of the four rounds of payments issued by the Fund, shall be eligible for a lump-sum catch-up payment, calculated with the same methodology used for 1983 Beirut barracks bombing victims and 1996 Khobar Towers bombing victims deemed eligible under the Fairness for 9/11 Families Act, but adjusted for any prior payment from the first four rounds. (bb) Audit Not later than 30 days after the date of this subclause, 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 a 1983 Beirut barracks bombing victim or a 1996 Khobar Towers bombing victim eligible pursuant to item (aa). .