American Victims of Terrorism Compensation Act
Latest action · Feb 24, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 24, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 73
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 24, 2025 to Sep 8, 2026; 22 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | Andrew R. Garbarino | Original | Feb 24, 2025 |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Original | Feb 24, 2025 |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Original | Feb 24, 2025 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Feb 24, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Feb 24, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Original | Feb 24, 2025 |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | Feb 24, 2025 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Feb 24, 2025 |
| D-FL | Jared Moskowitz | Original | Feb 24, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Original | Feb 24, 2025 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Feb 24, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Original | Feb 24, 2025 |
| R-TX | Lance Gooden | Original | Feb 24, 2025 |
| D-NY | Laura Gillen | Original | Feb 24, 2025 |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Original | Feb 24, 2025 |
| R-NY | Nicholas A. Langworthy | Original | Feb 24, 2025 |
| R-NY | Nick LaLota | Original | Feb 24, 2025 |
| R-NY | Nicole Malliotakis | Original | Feb 24, 2025 |
| D-NY | Patrick Ryan | Original | Feb 24, 2025 |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Original | Feb 24, 2025 |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Original | Feb 24, 2025 |
| R-TX | Troy E. Nehls | Original | Feb 24, 2025 |
| D-NY | George Latimer | Feb 25, 2025 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Feb 25, 2025 | |
| D-LA | Cleo Fields | Mar 6, 2025 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Mar 6, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Mar 6, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Mar 6, 2025 | |
| D-MN | Kelly Morrison | Mar 14, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Suhas Subramanyam | Mar 14, 2025 | |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | Mar 14, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Mar 25, 2025 | |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Apr 2, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Apr 2, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Vern Buchanan | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Apr 17, 2025 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas H. Kean, Jr. | Apr 17, 2025 | |
| R-TX | August Pfluger | Apr 24, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Val T. Hoyle | Apr 24, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Apr 29, 2025 | |
| R-IN | Rudy Yakym III | Apr 30, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Pat Fallon | May 1, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | LaMonica McIver | May 5, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | May 7, 2025 | |
| R-SC | Russell Fry | May 7, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | May 13, 2025 | |
| R-NC | Addison P. McDowell | May 20, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Derek Tran | Jun 3, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Laurel M. Lee | Jun 3, 2025 | |
| R-OH | Max L. Miller | Jun 3, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Jun 3, 2025 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Jun 5, 2025 | |
| R-GA | Barry Loudermilk | Jun 5, 2025 | |
| R-IA | Randy Feenstra | Jun 5, 2025 | |
| R-VA | Jennifer A. Kiggans | Jun 9, 2025 | |
| D-MA | Jake Auchincloss | Jun 20, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Nellie Pou | Jun 20, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Janelle S. Bynum | Jun 25, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | Jul 2, 2025 | |
| R-CA | Young Kim | Jul 21, 2025 | |
| R-NE | Mike Flood | Jul 25, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Timothy M. Kennedy | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| D-RI | Gabe Amo | Aug 15, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Aug 15, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Sep 4, 2025 | |
| D-NY | John W. Mannion | Sep 15, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Wesley Hunt | Sep 15, 2025 | |
| D-OH | Greg Landsman | Sep 30, 2025 | |
| R-AZ | Abraham J. Hamadeh | Jan 13, 2026 | |
| R-PA | Daniel Meuser | Sep 8, 2026 |
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 Feb 24, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 24, 2025Introduced in House
- Feb 24, 2025Referred 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. 171, no. 36, February 24, 2025, page H769.
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF10341 | Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act: Eligibility and Funding | Resource | Nov 25, 2025 |
| R45618 | The International Emergency Economic Powers Act: Origins, Evolution, and Use | Report | Sep 1, 2025 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 706 | American Victims of Terrorism Compensation Act | Related bill | Feb 25, 2025 |
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 clarify and supplement the funding sources for United States victims of state-sponsored terrorism to ensure 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.
- Feb 24, 2025Introduced 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.
