American Victims of Terrorism Compensation Act
Latest action · Sep 19, 2024 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
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.
- IntroducedMay 16, 2024
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 52
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 16, 2024 to Dec 19, 2024; 25 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | May 16, 2024 |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | May 16, 2024 |
| R-NY | Andrew R. Garbarino | Original | May 16, 2024 |
| R-NY | Anthony D'Esposito | Original | May 16, 2024 |
| R-NY | Brandon Williams | Original | May 16, 2024 |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | Original | May 16, 2024 |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Original | May 16, 2024 |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Original | May 16, 2024 |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Original | May 16, 2024 |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Original | May 16, 2024 |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Original | May 16, 2024 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | May 16, 2024 |
| D-AZ | Greg Stanton | Original | May 16, 2024 |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Original | May 16, 2024 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | May 16, 2024 |
| R-MI | John James | Original | May 16, 2024 |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Original | May 16, 2024 |
| R-NY | Marcus J. Molinaro | Original | May 16, 2024 |
| R-NY | Nicholas A. Langworthy | Original | May 16, 2024 |
| R-NY | Nick LaLota | Original | May 16, 2024 |
| R-NY | Nicole Malliotakis | Original | May 16, 2024 |
| D-NY | Patrick Ryan | Original | May 16, 2024 |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Original | May 16, 2024 |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Original | May 16, 2024 |
| R-TX | Troy E. Nehls | Original | May 16, 2024 |
| D-FL | Jared Moskowitz | May 17, 2024 | |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | May 21, 2024 | |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | May 23, 2024 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas H. Kean, Jr. | May 23, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Jun 7, 2024 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Jun 11, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Jul 9, 2024 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Jul 9, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Jul 10, 2024 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Jul 11, 2024 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jul 26, 2024 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Jul 26, 2024 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Aug 9, 2024 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Aug 16, 2024 | |
| D-RI | Gabe Amo | Aug 16, 2024 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Aug 16, 2024 | |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Aug 30, 2024 | |
| D-MA | Jake Auchincloss | Aug 30, 2024 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Sep 11, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Sep 11, 2024 | |
| R-OH | Michael A. Rulli | Sep 20, 2024 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Sep 25, 2024 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Oct 1, 2024 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Nov 13, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Nikki Budzinski | Nov 22, 2024 | |
| D-NC | Kathy E. Manning | Dec 3, 2024 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Dec 19, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred May 16, 2024Markup Sep 19, 2024 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 19, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Sep 19, 2024Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- May 16, 2024Introduced in House
- May 16, 2024Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 85, May 16, 2024, page H3329.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act to provide funding for United States victims of state-sponsored terrorism by ensuring consistent and meaningful distributions from the United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- American Victims of Terrorism Compensation Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 16, 2024Introduced 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.
