S 546 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Never Forget the Heroes: Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act

Introduced Feb 25, 2019 Originated Senate Sponsor Kirsten E. Gillibrand D-NY

Latest action · Feb 25, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Progress

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IntroducedFeb 25, 2019
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Never Forget the Heroes: Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act

This bill funds through FY2090 the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001.

Additionally, the bill modifies the Victim Compensation Fund (VCF):

to allow claims to be filed until October 2089,
to require VCF policies and procedures to be reassessed at least once every five years (currently, at least once annually),
to require claimants to be paid for the amount by which a claim was reduced on the basis of insufficient funding,
to remove the cap on noneconomic damages in certain circumstances, and
to adjust the annual limit on economic loss compensation for inflation.

Cosponsors 75

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 25, 2019 to Jul 23, 2019; 21 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MN	Amy Klobuchar	Original	Feb 25, 2019
I-VT	Bernard Sanders	Original	Feb 25, 2019
D-NY	Charles E. Schumer	Original	Feb 25, 2019
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen	Original	Feb 25, 2019
D-DE	Christopher A. Coons	Original	Feb 25, 2019
D-CT	Christopher Murphy	Original	Feb 25, 2019
D-NJ	Cory A. Booker	Original	Feb 25, 2019
R-CO	Cory Gardner	Original	Feb 25, 2019
D-MA	Edward J. Markey	Original	Feb 25, 2019
D-MA	Elizabeth Warren	Original	Feb 25, 2019
D-NH	Jeanne Shaheen	Original	Feb 25, 2019
D-OR	Jeff Merkley	Original	Feb 25, 2019
D-CA	Kamala D. Harris	Original	Feb 25, 2019
R-AK	Lisa Murkowski	Original	Feb 25, 2019
D-CO	Michael F. Bennet	Original	Feb 25, 2019
D-CT	Richard Blumenthal	Original	Feb 25, 2019
D-NJ	Robert Menendez	Original	Feb 25, 2019
D-PA	Robert P. Casey Jr.	Original	Feb 25, 2019
D-RI	Sheldon Whitehouse	Original	Feb 25, 2019
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin	Original	Feb 25, 2019
D-IL	Tammy Duckworth	Original	Feb 25, 2019
R-AR	Tom Cotton		Feb 27, 2019
R-ME	Susan M. Collins		Mar 6, 2019
D-OR	Ron Wyden		Mar 11, 2019
I-ME	Angus S. King Jr.		Mar 13, 2019
I-AZ	Kyrsten Sinema		Mar 13, 2019
R-KS	Jerry Moran		Mar 14, 2019
D-IL	Richard J. Durbin		Mar 25, 2019
D-MD	Benjamin L. Cardin		Mar 26, 2019
D-NH	Margaret Wood Hassan		Mar 26, 2019
D-HI	Mazie K. Hirono		Mar 26, 2019
R-MO	Roy Blunt		Apr 1, 2019
D-DE	Thomas R. Carper		Apr 29, 2019
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito		Apr 30, 2019
D-HI	Brian Schatz		May 7, 2019
R-AZ	Martha McSally		May 9, 2019
D-NV	Jacky Rosen		May 23, 2019
D-VA	Mark R. Warner		Jun 3, 2019
D-MI	Debbie Stabenow		Jun 12, 2019
D-CA	Dianne Feinstein		Jun 12, 2019
R-ND	John Hoeven		Jun 13, 2019
D-VA	Tim Kaine		Jun 13, 2019
R-AK	Dan Sullivan		Jun 18, 2019
D-MI	Gary C. Peters		Jun 18, 2019
R-FL	Rick Scott		Jun 18, 2019
R-NE	Deb Fischer		Jun 19, 2019
R-IA	Joni Ernst		Jun 19, 2019
R-MT	Steve Daines		Jun 20, 2019
D-RI	Jack Reed		Jun 24, 2019
R-ID	James E. Risch		Jun 24, 2019
D-WV	Joe Manchin III		Jun 24, 2019
D-MT	Jon Tester		Jun 24, 2019
R-ID	Mike Crapo		Jun 24, 2019
R-KS	Pat Roberts		Jun 24, 2019
D-VT	Patrick J. Leahy		Jun 24, 2019
R-OH	Rob Portman		Jun 24, 2019
D-OH	Sherrod Brown		Jun 24, 2019
R-AR	John Boozman		Jun 25, 2019
D-WA	Patty Murray		Jun 25, 2019
D-NM	Tom Udall		Jun 25, 2019
R-PA	Patrick J. Toomey		Jun 26, 2019
R-IN	Todd Young		Jun 26, 2019
R-MO	Josh Hawley		Jun 27, 2019
R-ND	Kevin Cramer		Jun 27, 2019
R-MS	Roger F. Wicker		Jun 27, 2019
D-NV	Catherine Cortez Masto		Jun 28, 2019
D-NM	Martin Heinrich		Jun 28, 2019
D-AL	Doug Jones		Jul 8, 2019
R-FL	Marco Rubio		Jul 8, 2019
D-WA	Maria Cantwell		Jul 8, 2019
D-MN	Tina Smith		Jul 8, 2019
R-NC	Thom Tillis		Jul 15, 2019
R-TX	John Cornyn		Jul 16, 2019
R-IN	Mike Braun		Jul 18, 2019
R-TX	Ted Cruz		Jul 23, 2019

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
Senate	Judiciary Committee	Referred Feb 25, 2019

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 25, 2019Introduced in Senate
Feb 25, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

In the Congressional Record 7

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Senate	Debate and remarks S4527	Charles E. Schumer D-NY	Jun 26, 2019
Senate	Debate and remarks S4477	Charles E. Schumer D-NY	Jun 25, 2019
Senate	Debate and remarks S4198	Charles E. Schumer D-NY	Jun 24, 2019
Senate	Debate and remarks S3332	Charles E. Schumer D-NY	Jun 12, 2019
Senate	Debate and remarks S3308	Cory Gardner R-CO	Jun 11, 2019

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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.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R45808	The September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF): Background and Potential Reauthorization Archived	Report	Jul 15, 2019

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 1327	Never Forget the Heroes: James Zadroga, Ray Pfeifer, and Luis Alvarez Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act	Identical bill	Jul 29, 2019
S 3591	Never Forget the Heroes: Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act	Reintroduction of	Oct 11, 2018

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: A bill to extend authorization for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 through fiscal year 2090, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Never Forget the Heroes: Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 25, 2019Introduced in Senate

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