[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5330 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5330

To amend the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 to exclude 
monthly Social Security survivor benefits and Social Security lump sum 
                  death benefit as collateral sources.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 4, 2002

  Mr. Israel introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 to exclude 
monthly Social Security survivor benefits and Social Security lump sum 
                  death benefit as collateral sources.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``September 11th Victim Compensation 
Fund Family Benefits Fairness Act''.

SEC. 2. COLLATERAL SOURCE EXEMPTION.

    Paragraph (6) of section 402 of the September 11th Victim 
Compensation Fund of 2001 (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: ``The term does not include benefits under 
subsection (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), or (i) of section 202 of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402) based on the wages and self-employment 
income of an individual who died as a result of such crashes.''.
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