[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9539 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9539

To require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
    to reimburse public employee retirement systems for accidental 
    disability retirements and accidental deaths resulting from the 
         September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 11, 2024

Mr. Garbarino (for himself, Mr. Nadler, Mr. D'Esposito, Mr. Goldman of 
New York, Mr. Williams of New York, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Velazquez, 
 Ms. Meng, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. 
  Bowman, Ms. Malliotakis, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Torres of New 
   York, Mr. LaLota, Mr. Espaillat, and Mr. Molinaro) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
                           and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
    to reimburse public employee retirement systems for accidental 
    disability retirements and accidental deaths resulting from the 
         September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.

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

SECTION 1. REIMBURSEMENT.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Reimbursement.--The Administrator of the Federal 
        Emergency Management Agency shall reimburse each eligible 
        public employee retirement system for costs relating to 
        accidental disability retirements and accidental deaths 
        resulting from the rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations 
        resulting from the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World 
        Trade Center.
            (2) Limitation.--Amounts reimbursed under paragraph (1)--
                    (A) may only be used by a public employee 
                retirement system; and
                    (B) may not be used by any other entity.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency to carry out this section $3,402,600,000 for fiscal year 2024.
    (c) Eligible Public Employee Retirement System Defined.--In this 
section, the term ``eligible public employee retirement system'' means 
a public employee retirement system that contains a member who 
participated in the rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations resulting 
from the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.
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