S. 5156 · 117th Congress · Senate

Fairness for American Victims of State-Sponsored Terrorism Act

Active· Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Introduced
Nov 30, 22
Passed Senate
Pending
Passed House
Pending
Sent to President
Pending
Signed into Law
Pending

Executive Summary

Fairness for American Victims of State-Sponsored Terrorism Act

This bill authorizes and provides funding for additional payments from the U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund.

Specifically, the bill (1) provides lump-sum catch-up payments from the fund to 9/11 victims and their families; and (2) makes victims of the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine Corps barracks in Beirut and their families eligible for lump-sum catch-up payments from the fund.

The bill also rescinds specified unobligated funds that were provided for (1) the Small Business Administration's Paycheck Protection Program, and (2) emergency rental assistance.

Action Timeline

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  1. NOV 30, 2022IntroReferral

    Introduced in Senate

  2. NOV 30, 2022IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Committees

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Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee

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Referred: Nov 30, 2022

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