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S. 546 · 116th Congress

Never Forget the Heroes: Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act

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KGD GillibrandSponsor
75 cosponsors · 44 D, 29 R, 2 I
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21 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Never Forget the Heroes: Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Feb 25, 2019

Never Forget the Heroes: Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act

This bill funds through FY2090 the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001.

Additionally, the bill modifies the Victim Compensation Fund (VCF):

  • to allow claims to be filed until October 2089,
  • to require VCF policies and procedures to be reassessed at least once every five years (currently, at least once annually),
  • to require claimants to be paid for the amount by which a claim was reduced on the basis of insufficient funding,
  • to remove the cap on noneconomic damages in certain circumstances, and
  • to adjust the annual limit on economic loss compensation for inflation.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Never Forget the Heroes: Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act

Latest action (Feb 25, 2019): Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Policy area: Law · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Feb 25, 2019

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.