Congress 107 - HR 3703 - Restoring Justice to the Victims of Terrorism Act

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Air piracy Alien property Bank accounts Bombings Charities Commerce Commercial aircraft Compensation for victims of crime Crime and Law Enforcement Department of Defense EBB Terrorism Economics and Public Finance Executive orders Expropriation Families Federal installations Federal office buildings Finance and Financial Sector Foreign Trade and International Finance Government Operations and Politics Government trust funds International Affairs New York City Office buildings Pennsylvania September 11, 2001 Social Welfare Survivors' benefits Terrorism Transportation and Public Works Victims of terrorism Virginia

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Restoring Justice to the Victims of Terrorism Act - Establishes that the assets, thought to be those of terrorists, frozen pursuant to the President's Executive Order of September 23, 2001, or pursuant to subsequent Executive Orders dealing with the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, be kept in a separate account in the Treasury. Authorizes the President to distribute the funds to the victims and surviving family members of victims of the terrorist attacks in New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia on September 11, 2001, the United Way and the New York Community Trust September 11th fund, the American Red Cross, the Twin Towers Orphans' Fund, and the Twin Towers Fund.

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Mar 18, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
Feb 7, 2002

Referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Feb 7, 2002

Introduced in House

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