Fairness for 9/11 Families Technical Fix Act
This bill corrects a technical error affecting certain 9/11 victims' families who settled claims through the 2014 court case *In re 650 Fifth Avenue*. It ensures these families - designated as "Havlish Settling Judgment Creditors" - receive withheld funds from the Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund and can participate in future payments like other eligible claimants. The bill amends existing law to exempt these families from specific distribution rules and requires released funds to be paid directly to them. It does not create new payments but fixes a bureaucratic oversight preventing these families from accessing funds they were previously owed.
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Introduction
Dec 2023
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Introduced Dec 6, 2023
Last action Dec 6, 2023
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Dec 6, 2023
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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Dec 6, 2023
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1 primary · 15 co-sponsors
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Brian K. Fitzpatrick
RRepublican
Co
Andy Kim
DDemocratic
Co
Bonnie Watson Coleman
DDemocratic
Co
Donald Norcross
DDemocratic
Co
Frank Pallone, Jr.
DDemocratic
Co
James A. Himes
DDemocratic
Co
Jerry L. Carl
RRepublican
Co
Joe Neguse
DDemocratic
Co
Josh Gottheimer
DDemocratic
Co
Laurel M. Lee
RRepublican
Co
Lisa Blunt Rochester
DDemocratic
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