3.0.0 1728 2023-01-15T08:03:20Z 2023-01-15T08:03:20Z Senate S S 2003-10-14 108 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-10-14T22:39:02Z 2003-10-14 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2003-10-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA N A000121 Sen. Allen, George [R-VA] GEORGE ALLEN R VA F. 2003-10-14 True S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2003-10-14 True C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2003-10-14 True L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2003-10-14 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2003-10-14 True C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2003-10-14 True L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2003-10-14 True D000601 Sen. Dole, Elizabeth [R-NC] Elizabeth Dole R NC H. 2003-10-14 True B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2003-10-14 True M001141 Sen. Miller, Zell [D-GA] ZELL MILLER D GA 2003-10-14 True D000064 Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] THOMAS DASCHLE D SD ANDREW 2003-10-14 True D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE 2003-10-14 True M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2004-10-06 False Law Administrative procedure Africa Africa (Sub-Saharan) Armed Forces and National Security Bombings Civil actions and liability Claims Compensation for victims of crime Crime and Law Enforcement Department of State Diplomats EBB Terrorism Embassies Federal employees Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics International Affairs Kenya Life insurance Limitation of actions Middle East and North Africa Military personnel Navy Parties to actions September 11, 2001 Tanzania Terrorism Victims of terrorism Yemen Law 00 2003-10-14 Introduced in Senate 2003-12-05T19:55:13Z Terrorism Victim Compensation Equity Act - Amends the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 to provide compensation for the U.S. citizens who were victims of the bombings of United States embassies in East Africa on August 7, 1998, the attack on the U.S.S. Cole on October 12, 2000, or the attack on the World Trade Center on February 26, 1993, on the same basis as compensation is provided to victims of the terrorist-related aircraft crashes on September 11, 2001.

States that a claimant under this Act waives the right to file a civil action in any Federal or State court for damages sustained in the incident, except against a knowing participant in any conspiracy to commit any terrorist act. Exempts from such waiver any civil action to recover a collateral source obligation based on contract.

]]> Terrorism Victim Compensation Equity Act Display Title Terrorism Victim Compensation Equity Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 (Public Law 107-42; 49 U.S.C. 40101 note) to provide compensation for the United States Citizens who were victims of the bombings of United States embassies in East Africa on August 7, 1998, the attack on the U.S.S. Cole on October 12, 2000, or the attack on the World Trade Center on February 26, 1993, on the same basis as compensation is provided to victims of the terrorist-related aircraft crashes on September 11, 2001. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Terrorism Victim Compensation Equity Act 3817 108 SAMDT To compensate victims of terrorism as part of U.S. strategy to combat and respond to terrorism. 2021-09-30T00:42:03Z 2004-09-30 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA 2004-09-30T04:00:00Z Senate 108 S Senate S 1728 Terrorism Victim Compensation Equity Act 2023-01-15T08:03:20Z 3 2004-09-30 ssju00 Judiciary Committee 0 Senate Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2004-09-30 Senate amendment submitted Floor 91000 9 Library of Congress Introduced in Senate 2003-10-14T04:00:00Z 2003-10-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.