[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9350 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9350

   To amend the Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored 
  Terrorism Act with respect to lump sum catch up payment for certain 
                           eligible parties.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 18, 2026

  Mr. Goldman of New York (for himself and Mr. Nadler) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored 
  Terrorism Act with respect to lump sum catch up payment for certain 
                           eligible parties.

    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 ``No 9/11 Family Left Behind Act of 
2026''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL LUMP SUM CATCH UP PAYMENT FOR CERTAIN ELIGIBLE 
              PARTIES.

    Section 404(d)(4) of the Justice for United States Victims of State 
Sponsored Terrorism Act (34 U.S.C. 20144(d)(4)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
                    ``(E) Lump sum catch up payment for certain 
                eligible claimants.--
                            ``(i) Notification procedures.--Not later 
                        than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
                        the Justice for United States Victims of State 
                        Sponsored Terrorism Act of 2026, the Special 
                        Master shall notify any eligible claimant on--
                                    ``(I) their eligibility for an 
                                additional payment under this 
                                subparagraph; and
                                    ``(II) the process by which they 
                                may make a claim under this 
                                subparagraph.
                            ``(ii) In general.--Notwithstanding 
                        subsection (c)(3) or subparagraph (C)(i), the 
                        Special Master shall authorize additional 
                        payments to eligible claimants in the amount 
                        equal to 5.8573 percent of any judgement 
                        described in subsection (c)(2)(A).
                            ``(iii) Time requirement.--Additional 
                        payments under clause (i) shall be made not 
                        later than 90 days after the date on which the 
                        Special Master receives information 
                        demonstrating that an individual is an eligible 
                        claimant.
                            ``(iv) Appropriations.--There is 
                        appropriated, out of any amounts in the 
                        Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums 
                        as may be necessary to make the additional 
                        payment under clause (i).
                            ``(v) Eligible claimant defined.--In this 
                        subparagraph, the term `eligible claimant' 
                        means an individual--
                                    ``(I) who has not received payment 
                                pursuant to subparagraph (C)(i);
                                    ``(II) meets the criteria set forth 
                                in subsection (c)(1)(A);
                                    ``(III) has a claim that meets the 
                                criteria described in subsection 
                                (c)(2)(A); and
                                    ``(IV) has been determined to be--
                                            ``(aa) an eligible claimant 
                                        under section 405(c)(2) of the 
                                        Air Transportation Safety and 
                                        System Stabilization Act; or
                                            ``(bb) a spouse or 
                                        dependent for the purposes of 
                                        section 104.44 of title 28, 
                                        Code of Federal Regulations, or 
                                        any successor thereto.''.
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