108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 123
To repeal the provision of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund
of 2001 that requires the reduction of a claimant's compensation by the amount
of any collateral source compensation payments the claimant is entitled to receive,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 7, 2003
Mr. HOLT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on the Judiciary
A BILL
To repeal the provision of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund
of 2001 that requires the reduction of a claimant's compensation by the amount
of any collateral source compensation payments the claimant is entitled to receive,
and for other purposes.
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 `September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Fairness
Act'.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF COLLATERAL COMPENSATION PROVISION.
(a) REPEAL OF COLLATERAL COMPENSATION PROVISION- Section 405(b)(6) of the September
11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is hereby repealed.
(b) Application of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001- The
compensation program established under the September 11th Victim Compensation
Fund of 2001 (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) shall be administered as if section 405(b)(6)
of that Act had not been enacted.
SEC. 3. AMENDMENT OF COLLATERAL SOURCE DEFINITION.
Paragraph (6) of section 402 of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund
of 2001 (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended by adding at the end the following:
`The term `collateral source' shall not include payments or other assistance
received from a nonprofit organization, if such organization is described in
paragraph (3) or (4) of section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
and is exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code.'.
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