House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
American Victims of Terrorism Compensation Act
Official title: To amend the Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act to clarify and supplement the funding sources for United States victims of state-sponsored terrorism to ensure consistent and meaningful distributions from the United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Michael Lawler R-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 24, 2025
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
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- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 24, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1530.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LAWLER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 36, February 24, 2025, Page H769):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 24, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1530, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1530
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 11, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
73 cosponsors — 27 Republicans, 46 Democrats
46 of 73 cosponsors (63%) are from the other party.
Gabe Amo (D-RI), Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Janelle Bynum (D-OR), J. Correa (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Christopher Deluzio (D-PA), Pat Fallon (R-TX), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Mike Flood (R-NE), Russell Fry (R-SC), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Laura Gillen (D-NY), Daniel Goldman (D-NY), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Abraham Hamadeh (R-AZ), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Val Hoyle (D-OR), Wesley Hunt (R-TX), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Thomas Kean (R-NJ), Timothy Kennedy (D-NY), Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA), Young Kim (R-CA), Nick LaLota (R-NY) and 43 more.
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 2683 (119th) Remote Access Security Act
- H.R. 3352 (119th) HALOS Act of 2025
- H.R. 9436 (119th) Northeast Lobsterman Protection Act of 2026
Related bills
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.