Honor the Heroes Act of 2019
United States116th CongressHR-4511House of Representatives
Updated: Sep 27, 2019
Summary
Honor the Heroes Act of 2019 This bill modifies the funding and administration of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001. The bill provides appropriations for the fund in specified amounts through FY2025, whereas current law provides such appropriations as may be necessary through FY2092. Additionally, beginning in FY2020, the bill redirects to the fund a portion of the annual discretionary budgets for the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Labor, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Department of Commerce. The bill also shortens a deadline for claimants to file certain claims for compensation from the fund.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Education and Labor, Financial Services, Foreign Affairs, Ways and Means, and Oversight and Reform, 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.
House of Representatives
Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
House of Representatives
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
House of Representatives
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