Fairness for 9/11 Families Technical Fix Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6261 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6261 To amend the Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act to provide rules for payments to Havlish Settling Judgment Creditors. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 21, 2025 Mr. Fitzpatrick (for himself, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Kean, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Carbajal, and Mr. Pallone) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act to provide rules for payments to Havlish Settling Judgment Creditors. 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 ``Fairness for 9/11 Families Technical Fix Act''. SEC. 2. UNITED STATES VICTIMS OF STATE SPONSORED TERRORISM FUND PAYMENTS FOR HAVLISH SETTLING JUDGMENT CREDITORS. (a) In General.--Section 404 of the Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act (34 U.S.C. 20144(e)(2)(B)) is amended-- (1) in subsection (e)(2)(B), by adding at the end the following: ``(vi) Exception for the havlish settling judgment creditors.-- ``(I) In general.--This subsection does not apply with respect to-- ``(aa) a Havlish Settling Judgment Creditor who previously elected to participate in the Fund in accordance with clause (iii) or who submitted an application for conditional payment in accordance with clause (iv); or ``(bb) the assets, or the net proceeds of the sale of properties or related assets, attributable to a person described in item (aa). ``(II) Release of funds held in escrow.--All funds allocated to a Havlish Settling Judgement Creditor and withheld f