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H.R. 1327: Never Forget the Heroes: James Zadroga, Ray Pfeifer, and Luis Alvarez Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act

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H.R. 1327: Never Forget the Heroes: James Zadroga, Ray Pfeifer, and Luis Alvarez Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-02-25 · Law · Latest: Became Public Law No: 116-34.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-02-25 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 4 recorded votes in our records. Latest: Senate vote 222 (2019): On the Amendment, HR1327 (2019-07-23), Amendment Rejected. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 116-34. (final step reached)
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Never Forget the Heroes: James Zadroga, Ray Pfeifer, and Luis Alvarez Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act

Plain summary

Never Forget the Heroes: James Zadroga, Ray Pfeifer, and Luis Alvarez Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act (Sec. 2) This bill funds through FY2092 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 2090, 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 periodically adjust the annual limit on economic loss compensation for inflation. (Sec. 3) It provides statutory authority for the Attorney General to appoint a special master and up to two deputy special masters to administer the VCF. (Sec. 4) The bill exempts the budgetary effects of this bill from the Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) rules established by the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 and the FY2018 congressional budget resolution.

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Never Forget the Heroes: James Zadroga, Ray Pfeifer, and Luis Alvarez Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] · 332 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1327, Never Forget the Heroes: Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act (2019-07-11)

Cosponsors on this site

Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), James A. Himes (D-CT), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ) and 272 more.

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Authorization
A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Resolution
A formal statement or decision by a legislative body. Simple resolutions often only express an opinion or set rules for one chamber; they do not become law.
Rulemaking
The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.
Statute
A written law passed by a legislature. A statute can be changed by a later law; changing a constitution needs an amendment.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr1327 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116