House bill · 117th Congress · Did not become law
Fairness for 9/11 Families Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedSep 26, 2022
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed HouseSep 30, 2022 · 400–31
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Nov 15, 2022 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 547.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8987.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NADLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 168, No. 155, September 26, 2022, Page H8119):Article I, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 26, 2022 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8987, 117th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/117/hr/8987
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 16, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8987, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 16, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 117th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jerrold Nadler.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 16, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.