[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1602 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1602

To amend the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 to extend 
         the deadline for filing a claim to December 31, 2004.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 9, 2003

    Mr. Leahy (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Dodd, Mr. 
 Lieberman, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Corzine, and Mr. Lautenberg) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                            on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 to extend 
         the deadline for filing a claim to December 31, 2004.

    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 Extension Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF DEADLINE TO FILE A CLAIM TO DECEMBER 31, 2004.

    Section 405(a) of September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 
(Public Law 107-42; 49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended by striking 
paragraph (3) and inserting the following:
            ``(3) Limitation.--No claim may be filed under paragraph 
        (1) after December 31, 2004.''.
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