H.R. 6261

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6261 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6261

To amend the Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored 
Terrorism Act to provide rules for payments to Havlish Settling 
Judgment Creditors.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

November 21, 2025

Mr. Fitzpatrick (for himself, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Kean, Mr. 
Doggett, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Carbajal, and Mr. Pallone) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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A BILL

To amend the Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored 
Terrorism Act to provide rules for payments to Havlish Settling 
Judgment Creditors.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Fairness for 9/11 Families Technical 
Fix Act''.

SEC. 2. UNITED STATES VICTIMS OF STATE SPONSORED TERRORISM FUND 
PAYMENTS FOR HAVLISH SETTLING JUDGMENT CREDITORS.

(a) In General.--Section 404 of the Justice for United States 
Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act (34 U.S.C. 20144(e)(2)(B)) is 
amended--
(1) in subsection (e)(2)(B), by adding at the end the 
following:
``(vi) Exception for the havlish settling 
judgment creditors.--
``(I) In general.--This subsection 
does not apply with respect to--
``(aa) a Havlish Settling 
Judgment Creditor who 
previously elected to 
participate in the Fund in 
accordance with clause (iii) or 
who submitted an application 
for conditional payment in 
accordance with clause (iv); or
``(bb) the assets, or the 
net proceeds of the sale of 
properties or related assets, 
attributable to a person 
described in item (aa).
``(II) Release of funds held in 
escrow.--All funds allocated to a 
Havlish Settling Judgement Creditor and 
withheld from distribution under clause 
(iv) shall be released and paid to the 
Havlish Settling Judgement Creditor to 
whom such withheld funds had been 
allocated.
``(III) Future payment 
eligibility.--Each Havlish Settling 
Judgment Creditor shall be entitled to 
participate in future rounds of 
payments in the same manner as all 
other claimants described in paragraphs 
(10) through (14) of subsection (j), 
irrespective of any application for 
conditional payment submitted under 
clause (iv).''; and
(2) in subsection (j), by adding at the end the following 
paragraph:
``(17) Havlish settling judgment creditor.--The term 
`Havlish Settling Judgment Creditor' means a plaintiff, an 
estate or successor in interest thereof, who--
``(A) has an eligible claim under subsection (c) 
that arises out of the September 11, 2001, terrorist 
attacks against the United States; and
``(B) is a Settling Judgment Creditor identified in 
the Order dated April 16, 2014, in the proceedings 
captioned In re 650 Fifth Avenue and Related 
Properties, No. 08-CV-10934 (S.D.N.Y.).''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if enacted on December 29, 2022.
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