Never Forget the Heroes: Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act

3.0.0 3591 2023-01-11T13:41:08Z 2023-01-11T13:41:08Z Senate S 2018-10-11 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-10-11T20:52:19Z Never Forget the Heroes: Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act 115 7062 HR 2018-10-12 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Identical bill CRS 2018-10-11 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2018-10-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. N G000562 Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] Cory Gardner R CO 2018-10-11 True B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2018-10-11 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2018-10-11 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2018-10-11 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2018-10-11 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2018-10-11 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2018-10-11 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2018-10-11 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2018-10-11 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2018-10-11 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2018-10-11 True M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2018-10-11 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2018-10-11 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2018-10-11 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2018-10-11 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2018-10-11 True D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2018-10-11 True V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2018-11-13 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2018-11-13 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2018-11-13 False M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2018-12-10 False Law Administrative remedies Appropriations Cancer Cardiovascular and respiratory health Crime victims Disability assistance Employee benefits and pensions First responders and emergency personnel Government buildings, facilities, and property Government trust funds Health care costs and insurance Inflation and prices New York City Pennsylvania Terrorism Virginia Worker safety and health Law

00 2018-10-11 Introduced in Senate 2019-06-14T18:54:42Z Never Forget the Heroes: Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act

This bill funds through FY2090 the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001.

Additionally, the bill modifies the Victim Compensation Fund (VCF):

to allow claims to be filed until October 2089,
to require VCF policies and procedures to be reassessed at least once every five years (currently, at least once annually),
to require claimants to be paid for the amount by which a claim was reduced on the basis of insufficient funding,
to remove the cap on noneconomic damages in special circumstances, and
to adjust the annual limit on economic loss compensation for inflation.

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Never Forget the Heroes: Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act Display Title Never Forget the Heroes: Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to extend authorization for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 through fiscal year 2090, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Never Forget the Heroes: Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act Introduced in Senate 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s3591is/xml/BILLS-115s3591is.xml 2018-10-11 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.