A bill to require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reimburse public employee retirement systems for accidental disability retirements and accidental deaths resulting from the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.
This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reimburse specific public employee retirement systems for costs associated with accidental disability retirements and deaths linked to the September 11, 2001 attacks. The reimbursement is strictly limited to systems that include members who participated in rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations at the World Trade Center site. To fund this initiative, the bill authorizes $5.9 billion in appropriations for fiscal year 2027.
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Sep 2026
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Introduced Sep 14, 2026
Last action Sep 14, 2026
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Sep 14, 2026
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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Sep 14, 2026
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1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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