# 119-hr-1530: American Victims of Terrorism Compensation Act

119-hr-1530, American Victims of Terrorism Compensation Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY); status introduced (as of 2026-09-11).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1530
- Congress: 119
- Title: American Victims of Terrorism Compensation Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-24
- Sponsor: Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY)
- Cosponsors: 73
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-11

## Summary

**This bill would create faster, more predictable funding for victims of state‑sponsored terrorism by directing sanctions, forfeitures, and settlement proceeds into a dedicated victims fund and tightening deposit and distribution rules.** It also would add clear accounting and stronger oversight so Congress and the Comptroller General can track payments and remaining claims. - Victims and families: It would require a supplemental fifth‑round distribution to be authorized by the Special Master by April 1, 2025 and paid by June 30, 2025, and would establish annual pro rata payments starting in 2026 to deliver ongoing payments from the fund. - Funding streams and transfers: It would direct deposits of sanctions, forfeitures, penalties, fines, settlements, and related interest from actions tied to state sponsors of terrorism and from laws like the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the Trading with the Enemy Act. It would also require transfers equal to 50 percent of excess unobligated balances from the Department of Justice and Treasury forfeiture funds and include specific transfers tied to Binance Holdings Limited. - Administration and oversight: It would cap Special Master support at 10 full‑time equivalent Department of Justice personnel with administrative costs paid from the fund. It would require annual public reports to Congress and a Comptroller General report by January 1, 2027 and every three years after to review fund administration and unpaid claims.

## Cosponsors (73)

- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11] (R-NY), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10] (D-NY), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Langworthy, Nicholas A. [R-NY-23] (R-NY), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garbarino, Andrew R. [R-NY-2] (R-NY), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24] (R-NY), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15] (D-NY), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2] (R-NJ), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. LaLota, Nick [R-NY-1] (R-NY), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nehls, Troy E. [R-TX-22] (R-TX), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ryan, Patrick [D-NY-18] (D-NY), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gooden, Lance [R-TX-5] (R-TX), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moskowitz, Jared [D-FL-23] (D-FL), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6] (D-NJ), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gillen, Laura [D-NY-4] (D-NY), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2025-02-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Latimer, George [D-NY-16] (D-NY), 2025-02-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] (D-NC), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] (D-WA), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fields, Cleo [D-LA-6] (D-LA), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25] (D-NY), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Subramanyam, Suhas [D-VA-10] (D-VA), 2025-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Morrison, Kelly [D-MN-3] (D-MN), 2025-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3] (D-NV), 2025-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1] (D-NJ), 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2025-04-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46] (D-CA), 2025-04-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] (D-CA), 2025-04-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16] (R-FL), 2025-04-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] (D-WA), 2025-04-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21] (R-NY), 2025-04-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2025-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kean, Thomas H. [R-NJ-7] (R-NJ), 2025-04-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hoyle, Val T. [D-OR-4] (D-OR), 2025-04-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11] (R-TX), 2025-04-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5] (D-NY), 2025-04-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Yakym, Rudy [R-IN-2] (R-IN), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fallon, Pat [R-TX-4] (R-TX), 2025-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2025-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6] (D-PA), 2025-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fry, Russell [R-SC-7] (R-SC), 2025-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McDowell, Addison P. [R-NC-6] (R-NC), 2025-05-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tran, Derek [D-CA-45] (D-CA), 2025-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Laurel M. [R-FL-15] (R-FL), 2025-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11] (D-NJ), 2025-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Miller, Max L. [R-OH-7] (R-OH), 2025-06-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2] (D-MN), 2025-06-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Loudermilk, Barry [R-GA-11] (R-GA), 2025-06-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Feenstra, Randy [R-IA-4] (R-IA), 2025-06-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kiggans, Jennifer A. [R-VA-2] (R-VA), 2025-06-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pou, Nellie [D-NJ-9] (D-NJ), 2025-06-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Auchincloss, Jake [D-MA-4] (D-MA), 2025-06-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bynum, Janelle S. [D-OR-5] (D-OR), 2025-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17] (D-PA), 2025-07-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kim, Young [R-CA-40] (R-CA), 2025-07-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Flood, Mike [R-NE-1] (R-NE), 2025-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kennedy, Timothy M. [D-NY-26] (D-NY), 2025-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Amo, Gabe [D-RI-1] (D-RI), 2025-08-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52] (D-CA), 2025-08-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10] (D-IL), 2025-09-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hunt, Wesley [R-TX-38] (R-TX), 2025-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mannion, John W. [D-NY-22] (D-NY), 2025-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1] (D-OH), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hamadeh, Abraham J. [R-AZ-8] (R-AZ), 2026-01-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9] (R-PA), 2026-09-08T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More money into victim funds: benefit, high. This bill would send more forfeiture money and interest into victim funds. It would recognize $898,619,225 from the Binance case and require $1,912,031,763 more to go into the Victims Fund. It would also send $1,505,475,575 from that matter to the Crime Victims Fund. Binance-related deposits and in…
- Faster and ongoing payments to victims: benefit, medium. If enacted, eligible claimants would get remaining fifth-round payments authorized by January 1, 2025 paid by March 14, 2025. If a claimant has not provided payment details, the payment would go out as soon as practicable after the information is received. Leftover catch-up reserve money and intere…
- More public reports on forfeiture money: benefit, low. This bill would require a yearly report on the Victims Fund by January 31 to Congress, and a public posting by March 1. The report would list balances, deposits with sources, and payouts, including admin costs. It would also require the GAO to list, by April 1, 2025, all forfeitures and penalties o…
- Admin staff cap and Fund costs: cost, low. This bill would cap support to the Special Master at no more than 10 full-time DOJ staff. It would also require the Victims Fund to pay the costs of those staff and other admin costs. That could reduce money available for claimant payments.

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- 119-hr-909: Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025
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## Sources
- [119-hr-1530 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1530)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1530 (as of 2026-09-11).