Fairness for American Victims of State-Sponsored Terrorism Act
Summary
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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Nov 30, 2022
Last action Nov 30, 2022
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Nov 30, 2022
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
upper
Nov 30, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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