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22 119THCONGRESS
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44 STSESSION H. R. 1530
55 To amend the Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism
66 Act to clarify and supplement the funding sources for United States
77 victims of state-sponsored terrorism to ensure consistent and meaningful
88 distributions from the United States Victims of State Sponsored Ter-
99 rorism Fund, and for other purposes.
1010 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1111 FEBRUARY24, 2025
1212 Mr. L
1313 AWLER(for himself, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. GOLD-
1414 MANof New York, Mr. LANGWORTHY, Ms. STANSBURY, Mr. GARBARINO,
1515 Ms. T
1616 ENNEY, Mr. TORRESof New York, Mr. VANDREW, Ms. NORTON,
1717 Mr. L
1818 ALOTA, Ms. TITUS, Ms. MENG, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. RYAN, Mr. JOHN-
1919 SONof Georgia, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. GOODEN, Mr. NADLER, Mr.
2020 M
2121 OSKOWITZ, Mr. PALLONE, and Ms. GILLEN) introduced the following
2222 bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
2323 A BILL
2424 To amend the Justice for United States Victims of State
2525 Sponsored Terrorism Act to clarify and supplement the
2626 funding sources for United States victims of state-spon-
2727 sored terrorism to ensure consistent and meaningful dis-
2828 tributions from the United States Victims of State Spon-
2929 sored Terrorism Fund, and for other purposes.
3030 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
3131 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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3535 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
3636 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Victims of 2
3737 Terrorism Compensation Act’’. 3
3838 SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN FUNDS INTO UNITED 4
3939 STATES VICTIMS OF STATE SPONSORED TER-5
4040 RORISM FUND. 6
4141 (a) I
4242 NGENERAL.—Section 404 of the Justice for 7
4343 United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act 8
4444 (34 U.S.C. 20144) is amended— 9
4545 (1) in subsection (d)(4), by adding at the end 10
4646 the following: 11
4747 ‘‘(E) F
4848 IFTH-ROUND PAYMENTS .—All fifth- 12
4949 round payments required to be authorized by 13
5050 the Special Master on or before January 1, 14
5151 2025, shall be distributed to eligible claimants 15
5252 not later than March 14, 2025, or, if an eligible 16
5353 claimant has not provided the Special Master 17
5454 with the payment information required for dis-18
5555 tribution, as soon as practicable after the date 19
5656 of receipt by the Special Master of such infor-20
5757 mation.’’; and 21
5858 (2) in subsection (e)(2), by adding at the end 22
5959 the following: 23
6060 ‘‘(C) C
6161 ERTAIN ASSIGNED AND FORFEITED 24
6262 ASSETS.— 25
6363 ‘‘(i) B
6464 INANCE HOLDINGS LIMITED .— 26
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6868 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.— 1
6969 ‘‘(aa) A
7070 LREADY DEPOS -2
7171 ITED.—The sum of 3
7272 $898,619,225, corresponding to 4
7373 the funds, and the net proceeds 5
7474 from the sale of property, for-6
7575 feited to the United States from 7
7676 or in connection with the plea 8
7777 agreement in the proceedings 9
7878 captioned as United States v. 10
7979 Binance Holdings Limited, No. 11
8080 2:23–cr–00178 (RAJ) (W.D. 12
8181 Wash. filed Nov. 14, 2023), al-13
8282 ready deposited into the Fund. 14
8383 ‘‘(bb) A
8484 DDITIONAL 15
8585 FUNDS.—The sum of 16
8686 $1,912,031,763, corresponding to 17
8787 a portion of the funds, and the 18
8888 net proceeds from the sale of 19
8989 property, forfeited or paid to the 20
9090 United States arising from or in 21
9191 connection with the proceedings 22
9292 described in item (aa) or any re-23
9393 lated civil or administrative pro-24
9494 ceedings. 25
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9898 ‘‘(cc) INTEREST.—All inter-1
9999 est earned on the amounts de-2
100100 scribed in item (aa) or (bb) from 3
101101 the date of such forfeiture or 4
102102 payment. 5
103103 ‘‘(II) D
104104 EPOSIT IN CVF .—The 6
105105 sum of $1,505,475,575, from the 7
106106 funds, and the net proceeds from the 8
107107 sale of property, paid to the United 9
108108 States arising from or in connection 10
109109 with proceedings described in sub-11
110110 clause (I)(aa) shall be deposited into 12
111111 the Crime Victims Fund established 13
112112 under section 1402 of the Victims of 14
113113 Crime Act of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 15
114114 20101). 16
115115 ‘‘(III) T
116116 IMING.—An agency of 17
117117 the United States shall deposit or 18
118118 transfer into the Fund any amount 19
119119 paid by a defendant in such pro-20
120120 ceedings that is required to be depos-21
121121 ited into the Fund pursuant to sub-22
122122 clause (I), plus any interest earned 23
123123 thereon, not later than the later of— 24
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127127 ‘‘(aa) 30 days after the re-1
128128 ceipt of such amount by the 2
129129 agency; or 3
130130 ‘‘(bb) 15 days after the date 4
131131 of enactment of this subpara-5
132132 graph. 6
133133 ‘‘(ii) DOJ
134134 ASSETS FORFEITURE 7
135135 FUND.— 8
136136 ‘‘(I) I
137137 N GENERAL.—Fifty percent 9
138138 of the excess unobligated balance, as 10
139139 defined in section 524(c)(8) of title 11
140140 28, United States Code, of the De-12
141141 partment of Justice Assets Forfeiture 13
142142 Fund established under 524(c)(1) of 14
143143 that title, determined on the later of 15
144144 January 31, or the date of enactment 16
145145 of a final appropriations Act for each 17
146146 fiscal year, to be transferred annually 18
147147 thereafter not later than 30 days after 19
148148 the date of such determination, plus 20
149149 50 percent of any interest amount 21
150150 earned on the investment of any bal-22
151151 ance of the Assets Forfeiture Fund as 23
152152 of that date. 24
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156156 ‘‘(II) TRANSFERS.—No transfer 1
157157 pursuant to this subparagraph shall 2
158158 count against any limitation on the 3
159159 use of the excess unobligated balances 4
160160 described in subclause (I) as provided 5
161161 in an annual appropriations Act or 6
162162 other legislation. 7
163163 ‘‘(III) E
164164 XCLUSION OF RESCIS -8
165165 SIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR AFTER DE -9
166166 TERMINATION OF AMOUNT .—For pur-10
167167 poses of subclause (I), the amount of 11
168168 the unobligated balance of the Depart-12
169169 ment of Justice Asset Forfeiture 13
170170 Fund, as of September 30 of a fiscal 14
171171 year, shall be determined without re-15
172172 gard to any rescission of amounts in 16
173173 the fund for the next fiscal year in-17
174174 cluded in an appropriation Act re-18
175175 ferred to in section 105 of title 1, 19
176176 United States Code, including any an-20
177177 ticipated or potential rescission and 21
178178 any rescission given continuing effect 22
179179 for such next fiscal year under an Act 23
180180 making continuing appropriations for 24
181181 such next fiscal year. 25
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185185 ‘‘(iii) TREASURY FORFEITURE 1
186186 FUND.— 2
187187 ‘‘(I) I
188188 N GENERAL.—Fifty percent 3
189189 of the excess unobligated balance of 4
190190 the Department of the Treasury For-5
191191 feiture Fund established under section 6
192192 9705 of title 31, United States Code, 7
193193 determined on the later of January 8
194194 31, or the date of enactment of a final 9
195195 appropriations Act for each fiscal 10
196196 year, to be transferred annually there-11
197197 after not later than 30 days after 12
198198 such determination, plus 50 percent of 13
199199 any interest amount earned on the in-14
200200 vestment of any balance of the Treas-15
201201 ury Forfeiture Fund as of that date. 16
202202 ‘‘(II) T
203203 RANSFERS.—No transfer 17
204204 pursuant to this subparagraph shall 18
205205 count against any limitation on the 19
206206 use of excess unobligated balances de-20
207207 scribed in subclause (I) as provided in 21
208208 an annual appropriations Act or other 22
209209 legislation. 23
210210 ‘‘(III) D
211211 EFINITION OF EXCESS 24
212212 UNOBLIGATED BALANCE .— 25
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216216 ‘‘(aa) IN GENERAL.—In this 1
217217 clause, the term ‘excess unobli-2
218218 gated balance’ means the dif-3
219219 ference between— 4
220220 ‘‘(AA) the unobligated 5
221221 balance of the Department 6
222222 of the Treasury Forfeiture 7
223223 Fund, as of September 30 of 8
224224 the fiscal year before the 9
225225 date specified in subclause 10
226226 (I); and 11
227227 ‘‘(BB) the amount that 12
228228 is required to be retained in 13
229229 the Department of the 14
230230 Treasury Forfeiture Fund to 15
231231 ensure the availability of 16
232232 amounts in the fiscal year 17
233233 after the fiscal year de-18
234234 scribed in subitem (AA) for 19
235235 the purposes for which 20
236236 amounts in the fund are au-21
237237 thorized to be used. 22
238238 ‘‘(bb) E
239239 XCLUSION OF RE -23
240240 SCISSIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 24
241241 AFTER DETERMINATION OF 25
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245245 AMOUNT.—For purposes of sub-1
246246 clause (I), the amount of the un-2
247247 obligated balance of the Depart-3
248248 ment of the Treasury Forfeiture 4
249249 Fund, as of September 30 of a 5
250250 fiscal year, shall be determined 6
251251 without regard to any rescission 7
252252 of amounts in the fund for the 8
253253 next fiscal year included in an 9
254254 appropriation Act referred to in 10
255255 section 105 of title 1, United 11
256256 States Code, including any antici-12
257257 pated or potential rescission and 13
258258 any rescission given continuing 14
259259 effect for such next fiscal year 15
260260 under an Act making continuing 16
261261 appropriations for such next fis-17
262262 cal year. 18
263263 ‘‘(D) I
264264 NTEREST.—All interest earned on 19
265265 any amount deposited or to be deposited into 20
266266 the Fund pursuant to this section, the Amer-21
267267 ican Victims of Terrorism Compensation Act, or 22
268268 an amendment made by that Act, following re-23
269269 ceipt of such amount by any agency of the 24
270270 United States, including all interest earned on 25
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274274 the amounts described in subparagraph 1
275275 (C)(i).’’. 2
276276 (b) R
277277 ULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in the 3
278278 amendments made by subsection (a) shall be construed to 4
279279 harm, jeopardize, or impair any amounts previously identi-5
280280 fied for equitable sharing with law enforcement or to limit 6
281281 the right of a direct crime victim to receive restitution or-7
282282 dered by a court before the date of enactment of this Act 8
283283 with respect to any offense in a matter or proceeding from 9
284284 which amounts are to be deposited into the Fund pursuant 10
285285 to the amendments made by subsection (a). 11
286286 SEC. 3. TIMING OF DEPOSIT OF PENALTIES AND FINES 12
287287 INTO THE UNITED STATES VICTIMS OF STATE 13
288288 SPONSORED TERRORISM FUND. 14
289289 (a) F
290290 ORFEITEDFUNDS AND PROPERTY.—Section 15
291291 404(e)(2)(A) of the Justice for United States Victims of 16
292292 State Sponsored Terrorism Act (34 U.S.C. 17
293293 20144(e)(2)(A)) is amended— 18
294294 (1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘forfeited or’’; 19
295295 (2) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘forfeited or’’; and 20
296296 (3) by adding at the end the following: 21
297297 ‘‘(iii) F
298298 ORFEITURES.— 22
299299 ‘‘(I) I
300300 N GENERAL.—All funds, 23
301301 and the net proceeds from the sale of 24
302302 property, forfeited to the United 25
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306306 States after the date of enactment of 1
307307 the American Victims of Terrorism 2
308308 Compensation Act, in a matter or pro-3
309309 ceeding arising from a violation of any 4
310310 license, order, regulation or prohibi-5
311311 tion issued under the International 6
312312 Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 7
313313 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) or the Trading 8
314314 with the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. 9
315315 1 et seq.) and all funds, and the net 10
316316 proceeds from the sale of property, 11
317317 forfeited to the United States after 12
318318 the date of enactment of the Amer-13
319319 ican Victims of Terrorism Compensa-14
320320 tion Act, in a matter or proceeding in-15
321321 volving, or relating to, or arising from 16
322322 the actions of, or doing business with, 17
323323 or acting on behalf of, a state sponsor 18
324324 of terrorism, without regard to the 19
325325 nature of the offense. 20
326326 ‘‘(II) S
327327 COPE.—All funds and net 21
328328 proceeds described in this clause shall 22
329329 be deposited or transferred into the 23
330330 Fund if the state sponsor of terrorism 24
331331 was so designated at the time of the 25
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335335 penalty or fine, at any time during the 1
336336 course of any related legal pro-2
337337 ceedings, or at the time of any related 3
338338 conduct. 4
339339 ‘‘(III) R
340340 ULES OF CONSTRUC -5
341341 TION.—Nothing in this clause shall be 6
342342 construed to limit any rights to court- 7
343343 ordered restitution of any direct crime 8
344344 victim of an offense in a matter or 9
345345 proceeding from which amounts are to 10
346346 be deposited into the Fund pursuant 11
347347 to this subparagraph. Nothing in the 12
348348 American Victims of Terrorism Com-13
349349 pensation Act or an amendment made 14
350350 by that Act that clarifies the scope of 15
351351 forfeiture proceeds to be deposited 16
352352 into the Fund shall be construed to 17
353353 impact the scope or interpretation of 18
354354 criminal or civil penalties or fines that 19
355355 are required to be deposited into the 20
356356 Fund under clause (i) or (ii) of this 21
357357 subparagraph, which scope is the sub-22
358358 ject of pending litigation and shall be 23
359359 addressed in such litigation or by fu-24
360360 ture legislation as warranted, includ-25
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364364 ing as informed by the report by the 1
365365 Comptroller General of the United 2
366366 States regarding proceeds available 3
367367 for deposit to the Fund required 4
368368 under subsection (b)(1)(A)(v). 5
369369 ‘‘(iv) T
370370 IMING.—An agency of the 6
371371 United States shall deposit or transfer into 7
372372 the Fund all funds, and the net proceeds 8
373373 from the sale of property, forfeited or paid 9
374374 to the United States described in this sub-10
375375 paragraph not later than the later of— 11
376376 ‘‘(I) 60 days after the receipt of 12
377377 such amount by the agency; or 13
378378 ‘‘(II) 30 days after the date of 14
379379 enactment of this clause.’’. 15
380380 SEC. 4. ANNUAL PAYMENTS. 16
381381 Section 404(d)(4) of the Justice for United States 17
382382 Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act (34 U.S.C. 18
383383 20144(d)(4)) is amended by striking subparagraph (A) 19
384384 and inserting the following: 20
385385 ‘‘(A) I
386386 N GENERAL.—Except as provided in 21
387387 subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D), on January 22
388388 1, 2026, and January 1 of each calendar year 23
389389 thereafter, the Special Master or the Attorney 24
390390 General shall authorize additional payments on 25
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394394 a pro rata basis to those claimants with eligible 1
395395 claims under subsection (c)(2) to include all 2
396396 amounts received as of that date by any agency 3
397397 of the United States that qualifies for deposit 4
398398 or transfer into the Fund, plus all interest 5
399399 earned from the date of receipt of any such 6
400400 amounts through the date of deposit or transfer 7
401401 into the Fund that has not already been distrib-8
402402 uted pursuant to this subsection and is not re-9
403403 quired for the payment of administrative costs 10
404404 or compensation as set forth in subparagraphs 11
405405 (B) and (C) of subsection (b)(1). All authorized 12
406406 payments shall be distributed to the eligible 13
407407 claimants as soon as practicable in the calendar 14
408408 year of authorization, or, if the Special Master 15
409409 or Attorney General authorizes payments prior 16
410410 to January 1, not later than 1 year after the 17
411411 date of such authorization.’’. 18
412412 SEC. 5. REPORT OF FUND ACTIVITY. 19
413413 Section 404(b)(1)(A) of the Justice for United States 20
414414 Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act (34 U.S.C. 21
415415 20144(b)(1)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-22
416416 lowing: 23
417417 ‘‘(iv) A
418418 TTORNEY GENERAL REPORT .— 24
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422422 ‘‘(I) REPORT.—On January 31 1
423423 of each year, the Special Master shall 2
424424 submit to the chairman and ranking 3
425425 minority member of the Committee on 4
426426 the Judiciary of the Senate and the 5
427427 chairman and ranking minority mem-6
428428 ber of the Committee on the Judiciary 7
429429 of the House of Representatives a re-8
430430 port on the balance and activity of the 9
431431 Fund, which shall include— 10
432432 ‘‘(aa) the total amount in 11
433433 the Fund at the end of the pre-12
434434 ceding fiscal year; 13
435435 ‘‘(bb) deposits into the Fund 14
436436 during the preceding fiscal year 15
437437 sufficient to identify the source, 16
438438 including, if applicable, the case 17
439439 name and the amount of each de-18
440440 posit, except to the extent that 19
441441 any sealing order requires any 20
442442 portion of such information to re-21
443443 main confidential; 22
444444 ‘‘(cc) disbursements from 23
445445 the Fund during the preceding 24
446446 fiscal year sufficient to identify 25
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450450 specific amounts disbursed for 1
451451 victim compensation and other 2
452452 purposes, including for adminis-3
453453 trative costs and use of Depart-4
454454 ment of Justice personnel; 5
455455 ‘‘(dd) the amount, and the 6
456456 basis for the calculation, of any 7
457457 funds deposited into the Fund 8
458458 from the Department of Justice 9
459459 Assets Forfeiture Fund estab-10
460460 lished under 524(c)(1) of title 28, 11
461461 United States Code, and the De-12
462462 partment of the Treasury For-13
463463 feiture Fund established under 14
464464 section 9705 of title 31, United 15
465465 States Code, in the prior fiscal 16
466466 year; 17
467467 ‘‘(ee) an explanation of any 18
468468 amounts not deposited into the 19
469469 Fund as a result of any rule of 20
470470 construction pursuant to this Act 21
471471 or the American Victims of Ter-22
472472 rorism Compensation Act; and 23
473473 ‘‘(ff) an explanation of all 24
474474 amounts from or relating to 25
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478478 cases qualifying for deposit under 1
479479 this Act that are not deposited 2
480480 into the Fund as a result of 3
481481 inter-agency credits, administra-4
482482 tive costs, or any other reason. 5
483483 ‘‘(II) P
484484 UBLICATION.—Not later 6
485485 than March 1 of each year, the Attor-7
486486 ney General shall publish the report 8
487487 required under subclause (I) on the 9
488488 internet website of the Fund. 10
489489 ‘‘(v) GAO
490490 REPORT REGARDING PRO -11
491491 CEEDS AVAILABLE FOR DEPOSIT TO THE 12
492492 FUND.—Not later than April 1, 2025, the 13
493493 Comptroller General of the United States 14
494494 shall submit to Congress a report, which 15
495495 shall include— 16
496496 ‘‘(I) a listing of all funds, and 17
497497 the net proceeds from the sale of 18
498498 property, forfeited or paid to the 19
499499 United States since January 1, 2020, 20
500500 in an amount greater than 21
501501 $10,000,000 as a criminal penalty or 22
502502 fine in any matter, sufficient to iden-23
503503 tify the source, including, if applica-24
504504 ble, the case name and the amount of 25
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508508 each forfeiture or payment, except to 1
509509 the extent that any sealing order re-2
510510 quires any portion of such information 3
511511 to remain confidential; 4
512512 ‘‘(II) a listing of all funds, and 5
513513 the net proceeds from the sale of 6
514514 property, forfeited or paid to the 7
515515 United States since January 1, 2020, 8
516516 in an amount greater than 9
517517 $10,000,000 as a civil penalty or fine 10
518518 in any matter, sufficient to identify 11
519519 the source, including, if applicable, the 12
520520 case name and the amount of each 13
521521 forfeiture or payment, except to the 14
522522 extent that any sealing order requires 15
523523 any portion of such information to re-16
524524 main confidential; 17
525525 ‘‘(III) an explanation of where 18
526526 each amount described in subclause 19
527527 (I) or (II) was deposited, including 20
528528 deposits into the Fund or the Crime 21
529529 Victims Fund, which shall include the 22
530530 nature of each such deposit, and the 23
531531 statutory basis for each such deposit; 24
532532 and 25
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536536 ‘‘(IV) any interest amount earned 1
537537 on each amount described in sub-2
538538 clause (I) or (II). 3
539539 ‘‘(vi) GAO
540540 TRIENNIAL REPORT.—Not 4
541541 later than January 1, 2027, and every 3 5
542542 years thereafter, the Comptroller General 6
543543 of the United States shall submit to Con-7
544544 gress a report— 8
545545 ‘‘(I) evaluating the administra-9
546546 tion of the Fund and the sufficiency 10
547547 of funding for the Fund; 11
548548 ‘‘(II) analyzing funding and pay-12
549549 ment trends; and 13
550550 ‘‘(III) describing amounts out-14
551551 standing and unpaid on eligible claims 15
552552 overall, including such amounts 16
553553 disaggregated by victim group and by 17
554554 when victims entered the Fund.’’. 18
555555 SEC. 6. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND USE OF DEPARTMENT 19
556556 OF JUSTICE PERSONNEL. 20
557557 Section 404(b)(1) of the Justice for United States 21
558558 Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act (34 U.S.C. 22
559559 20144(b)(1)) is amended by striking subparagraph (B) 23
560560 and inserting the following: 24
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564564 ‘‘(B) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND USE OF 1
565565 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PERSONNEL .—The 2
566566 Special Master may utilize, as necessary, no 3
567567 more than 10 full-time equivalent Department 4
568568 of Justice personnel to assist in carrying out 5
569569 the duties of the Special Master under this sec-6
570570 tion. Any costs associated with the use of such 7
571571 personnel, and any other administrative costs of 8
572572 carrying out this section, shall be paid from the 9
573573 Fund.’’. 10
574574 SEC. 7. ADDITIONAL REPORTS. 11
575575 Section 404(d)(4)(D)(iv)(IV) of the Justice for 12
576576 United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act 13
577577 (34 U.S.C. 20144(d)(4)(D)(iv)(IV)) is amended by strik-14
578578 ing item (bb) and inserting the following: 15
579579 ‘‘(bb) R
580580 EMAINING 16
581581 AMOUNTS.—Not later than 30 17
582582 days after the date of enactment 18
583583 of the American Victims of Ter-19
584584 rorism Compensation Act, all 20
585585 amounts remaining in the lump 21
586586 sum catch-up payment reserve 22
587587 fund in excess of the amounts de-23
588588 scribed in subclauses (I) and (II) 24
589589 of clause (iii) shall be deposited 25
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593593 into the Fund under this section, 1
594594 including all interest earned on 2
595595 amounts in the lump sum catch- 3
596596 up payment reserve fund. All 4
597597 such amounts, including interest, 5
598598 shall be included in a supple-6
599599 mental fifth-round distribution to 7
600600 be authorized by the Special 8
601601 Master no later than April 1, 9
602602 2025, and distributed pursuant 10
603603 to this section no later than June 11
604604 30, 2025 to all claimants for 12
605605 whom the Special Master author-13
606606 ized fifth-round distributions.’’. 14
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