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S 5156 117th Congress Senate Crime and Law Enforcement

Fairness for American Victims of State-Sponsored Terrorism Act

Introduced: November 30, 2022 Introduced by: Cotton, Tom 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
Introduced in Senate
 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.

What's happening now November 30, 2022

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

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