Honor the Heroes Act of 2019

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 4511 To extend authorization for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 through fiscal year 2025, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SEPTEMBER 26, 2019 Mr. ARRINGTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture, Science, Space, and Technology, Natural Resources, Education and Labor, Finan- cial Services, Foreign Affairs, Ways and Means, and Oversight and Re- form, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To extend authorization for the September 11th Victim Com- pensation Fund of 2001 through fiscal year 2025, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Honor the Heroes Act 4 of 2019’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:56 Oct 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4511.IH H4511 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 4511 IH SEC. 2. SEPTEMBER 11TH VICTIM COMPENSATION FUND OF 1 2001. 2 (a) AUTHORIZATION AND FUNDING.—Section 410 of 3 the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization 4 Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended— 5 (1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘such sums as 6 may be necessary for fiscal year 2019 and each fis- 7 cal year thereafter through fiscal year 2092’’ and in- 8 serting ‘‘$11,991,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 and 9 each fiscal year thereafter through fiscal year 10 2025’’; and 11 (2) by striking subsection (e). 12 (b) EXTENDING FILING DEADLINE.—Section 13 405(a)(3)(B) of the Air Transportation Safety and Sys- 14 tem Stabilization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended 15 by striking ‘‘October 1, 2090’’ and inserting ‘‘5 years after 16 the date of enactment of the Honor the Heroes Act of 17 2019’’. 18 (c) COMPENSATION REDUCED BY SPECIAL MASTER 19 DUE TO LACK OF FUNDING.—Section 406(d)(2)(C)(ii) of 20 the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization 21 Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended by striking ‘‘each 22 year thereafter’’ and inserting ‘‘not less than once every 23 5 years thereafter’’. 24 (d) ADJUSTMENT OF GROSS INCOME LIMITATION.— 25 Section 405(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the Air Transportation Safety 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:56 Oct 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4511.IH H4511 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 4511 IH and System Stabilization Act (40 U.S.C. 40101 note) is 1 amended— 2 (1) by striking ‘‘In considering’’ and inserting 3 the following: 4 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Subject to 5 subclause (II), in considering’’ ; and 6 (2) by adding at the end the following: 7 ‘‘(II) ADJUSTMENT.—The Spe- 8 cial Master shall adjust the amount of 9 the limitation under subclause (I) not 10 more frequently than once every 2 11 years to reflect the percentage by 12 which the Consumer Price Index for 13 All Urban Consumers published by 14 the Department of Labor for the 15 month of October immediately pre- 16 ceding the date of adjustment exceeds 17 the Consumer Price Index for All 18 Urban Consumers published by the 19 Department of Labor for the month 20 of October that immediately precedes 21 the date that is 2 years before the 22 date of adjustment.’’. 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:56 Oct 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4511.IH H4511 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •HR 4511 IH SEC. 3. OFFSET. 1 (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2020 and each fis- 2 cal year thereafter, the discretionary budget authority pro- 3 vided to each of the following for fiscal year 2019 shall 4 be reduced by 3 percent, with the reduction applied pro- 5 portionately to each account: 6 (1) The Environmental Protection Agency. 7 (2) The Department of the Interior. 8 (3) The Department of Labor. 9 (4) The Department of Housing and Urban De- 10 velopment. 11 (5) The Department of Commerce. 12 (b) DEPOSIT INTO FUND.—An amount equal to the 13 total amount of any reduction under subsection (a) shall 14 be deposited into the Victim Compensation Fund estab- 15 lished under section 410 of the Air Transportation Safety 16 and System Stabilization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note). 17 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 410(b) of 18 the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization 19 Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended by adding at the 20 end the following: 21 ‘‘(3) An amount equal to the total amount of 22 any reduction under section 3 of the Honor the He- 23 roes Act of 2019.’’. 24 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:56 Oct 01, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H4511.IH H4511 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS