World Trade Center Attack Claims Act
Latest action · Nov 14, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 9, 2001
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Limits claim payments to: (1) the amount necessary to compensate for injuries suffered during the 18-month period following the attack; and (2) $500,000, with exceptions. Prescribes compensable residential losses and business losses. Requires the Director to reduce the amount to be paid for any claim by the amount of any insurance or other Federal assistance program payments as appropriate to prevent a claimant's recovery in excess of actual compensatory damages.
Provides claimants the right to appeal payment decisions regarding residential losses to the Director or regarding business losses to the Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
Declares that this Act shall not affect the rights of an injured person to request benefits under any Federal entitlement programs.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 9, 2001 to Dec 18, 2001; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Original | Nov 9, 2001 |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Nov 29, 2001 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Dec 6, 2001 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Dec 6, 2001 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Dec 6, 2001 | |
| D-MI | David E. Bonior | Dec 6, 2001 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Dec 6, 2001 | |
| D-NY | Gary L. Ackerman | Dec 6, 2001 | |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Dec 6, 2001 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Dec 6, 2001 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Dec 13, 2001 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Dec 13, 2001 | |
| D-WV | Nick J. Rahall II | Dec 18, 2001 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Nov 9, 2001 |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Nov 9, 2001 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Nov 14, 2001 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 14, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
- Nov 9, 2001Introduced in House
- Nov 9, 2001Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 107-39 | 90 DAYS AFTER SEPTEMBER 11TH: HOW ARE SMALL BUSINESSES BEING HELPED?98 pages | Small Business Committee | Dec 6, 2001 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1624 | World Trade Center Attack Claims Act | Related bill | Dec 7, 2001 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish the Office of World Trade Center Attack Claims to pay claims for injury to businesses and property suffered as a result of the attack on the World Trade Center in New York City that occurred on September 11, 2001, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- World Trade Center Attack Claims Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
- Administrative remedies
- Air piracy
- Auditing
- Bombings
- Business losses
- Civil actions and liability
- Claims
- Collection of accounts
- Commerce
- Commercial aircraft
- Compensation (Law)
- Congress
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Damages
- Disaster loans
- Disaster relief
- EBB Terrorism
- Economics and Public Finance
- Emergency Management
- Environmental Protection
- Evidence (Law)
- Executive reorganization
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fraud
- Gifts
- Government and business
- Government lending
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Housing and Community Development
- Housing finance
- Infrastructure
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- International Affairs
- Inventories
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Location of industries
- Losses
- New York City
- Office buildings
- Overhead costs
- Property insurance
- Public service advertising
- Refuse and refuse disposal
- Relocation
- September 11, 2001
- Small business
- Small Business Administration
- Social Welfare
- Terrorism
- Transportation and Public Works
- Victims of terrorism
- Volunteer workers
- Wages
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 9, 2001Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
