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S. 5156 117th Congress Senate

Fairness for American Victims of State-Sponsored Terrorism Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act to authorize appropriations for catch-up payments from the United States… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act to authorize appropriations for catch-up payments from the United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 30, 2022 Introduced by: Tom Cotton Republican · Arkansas See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Nov 30, 2022
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 Latest action November 30, 2022

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fairness for American Victims of State-Sponsored Terrorism Act

This bill authorizes and provides funding for additional payments from the U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund.

Specifically, the bill (1) provides lump-sum catch-up payments from the fund to 9/11 victims and their families; and (2) makes victims of the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine Corps barracks in Beirut and their families eligible for lump-sum catch-up payments from the fund.

The bill also rescinds specified unobligated funds that were provided for (1) the Small Business Administration's Paycheck Protection Program, and (2) emergency rental assistance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 8987 Fairness for 9/11 Families Act
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Sullivan, Dan
Alaska · Nov 30, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 5156: Fairness for American Victims of State-Sponsored Terrorism Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-5156/
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"S. 5156: Fairness for American Victims of State-Sponsored Terrorism Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-5156/.
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S. 5156, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-5156/.
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