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.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10361 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10361

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.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 14, 2026

Mr. Garbarino (for himself, Mr. Goldman of New York, Ms. Malliotakis, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Ryan, Ms. Meng, Mr. LaLota, Mr. Meeks, and Ms. Clarke of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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A BILL

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.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REIMBURSEMENT.

(a) In General.-- (1) Reimbursement.--The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall reimburse each eligible public employee retirement system for costs relating to accidental disability retirements and accidental deaths resulting from the rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations resulting from the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center. (2) Limitation.--Amounts reimbursed under paragraph (1)-- (A) may only be used by a public employee retirement system; and (B) may not be used by any other entity. (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to carry out this section $5,913,400,000 for fiscal year 2027. (c) Eligible Public Employee Retirement System Defined.--In this section, the term ``eligible public employee retirement system'' means a public employee retirement system that contains a member who participated in the rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations resulting from the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center. <all>