Fairness for 9/11 Families Technical Fix Act

This bill changes the rules of the U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund for a group of 9/11 victims' families called the Havlish Settling Judgment Creditors. These are plaintiffs, or their estates or successors, with eligible 9/11 claims who were named as settling judgment creditors in a 2014 federal court order about 650 Fifth Avenue in New York. The bill exempts them from a section of the law that limited or conditioned their payments, and requires that fund money withheld from them and held back be released and paid to them. It also makes them eligible for future payment rounds on the same basis as other 9/11 claimants. The changes would apply as if they took effect on December 29, 2022.

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Sponsors

• Brian K. Fitzpatrick Republican sponsor
• 9 cosponsors