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Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

American Victims of Terrorism Compensation Act

S. 706Introduced Feb 25, 2025Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Official title: A bill 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: Sen. John Cornyn R-TX
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Where it went

Latest action: Feb 25, 2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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

6 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 3 Democrats

3 of 6 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.

Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Ted Cruz (R-TX), David McCormick (R-PA), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Charles Schumer (D-NY).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. John Cornyn.

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Sponsor’s state and district

Texas in Congress

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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.