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.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9539.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GARBARINO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 141, September 11, 2024, Page H5202):
  Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: This bill would allow FEMA to reimburse the State and City pension systems for the loss in pension payments due to the unanticipated deaths of those who responded the terrorist attacks and who participated in the clean-up in the weeks following the attacks.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 11, 2024 ↗

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  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9539, 118th Congress

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  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9539

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 24, 2024

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  September 14, 2026

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  301c038654e0ca00f38ee801dbb8e44a5587a4cdfe8059f79427db65a99f9e63

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

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