Fairness for 9/11 Families Technical Fix Act
This bill corrects an error in the distribution of funds to specific 9/11-related claimants. It ensures "Havlish Settling Judgment Creditors" (a group who settled claims through a 2014 court case related to the 9/11 attacks) receive funds previously withheld from them and can participate in future payments like other eligible claimants. The key mechanism releases all withheld funds held in escrow for these creditors and explicitly states they are eligible for future payments under the same rules as other claimants. The changes apply retroactively from December 29, 2022.
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Introduced Nov 21, 2025
Last action Nov 21, 2025
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Nov 21, 2025
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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Nov 21, 2025
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1 primary · 8 co-sponsors
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Brian K. Fitzpatrick
RRepublican
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Bonnie Watson Coleman
DDemocratic
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Eugene Simon Vindman
DDemocratic
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Frank Pallone, Jr.
DDemocratic
Co
Glenn Thompson
RRepublican
Co
Joe Neguse
DDemocratic
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Lloyd Doggett
DDemocratic
Co
Salud O. Carbajal
DDemocratic
Co
Thomas H. Kean, Jr.
RRepublican
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