Sponsor: Rep. Sessions, Pete (R-TX)49 cosponsorsIntroduced Aug 1, 2025
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In plain English
This bill authorizes the Department of Justice to make lump sum catch-up payments from the U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund to eligible victims of the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing and the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing who missed the application deadline for these payments. The bill addresses a gap identified by the Government Accountability Office in which up to 274 eligible victims did not apply during the required December 2022 to June 2023 window after receiving DOJ guidance that incorrectly stated they were ineligible. Sponsored by Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX), the bill has 46 cosponsors evenly split between Democrats and Republicans.
Note: the official CRS summary for this bill was written on 2025-08-01, but the bill text was revised on 2025-08-01T04:00:00Z. Provisions may have been added since the summary was written — the section list above reflects the current text.
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What happens next: Sits in committee. Needs a markup or favorable report to advance to the House floor.
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