HR 7062
115th Congress
House
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Never Forget the Heroes: Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act
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2 steps
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 12, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Oct 12, 2018
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
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 special circumstances, and
- to adjust the annual limit on economic loss compensation for inflation.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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Cosponsors
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Collins, Chris
D
Aguilar, Pete
D
Morelle, Joseph D.
R
Cole, Tom
Cook, Paul
D
McGovern, James P.
D
Chu, Judy
FRELINGHUYSEN, RODNEY
D
Courtney, Joe
Delaney, John
D
DelBene, Suzan K.
D
Dingell, Debbie
D
Gallego, Ruben
D
Adams, Alma S.
D
Beyer, Donald S.
D
Cohen, Steve
Faso, John
D
Foster, Bill
D
Gomez, Jimmy
D
Himes, James A.
D
Huffman, Jared
D
Khanna, Ro
D
Lieu, Ted
LOBIONDO, FRANK
Lujan Grisham, Michelle
D
Matsui, Doris O.
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
R
Stefanik, Elise M.
D
Takano, Mark
D
Carson, André
D
Garamendi, John
Knight, Stephen
D
Larson, John B.
D
Raskin, Jamie
Reichert, David
Zeldin, Lee
D
Clarke, Yvette D.
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
D
Meeks, Gregory W.
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
D
Wilson, Frederica S.
D
Boyle, Brendan F.
Comstock, Barbara
CROWLEY, JOSEPH
Donovan, Daniel
D
Espaillat, Adriano
Esty, Elizabeth
R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
D
Gottheimer, Josh
D
Jeffries, Hakeem S.
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