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.
H.R. 9539118th Congress

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.

Introduced in the HouseRep. Andrew Garbarino (R-NY-2)6 sections · 1 min read
Version: ih · Apr 20, 2026

(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 $3,402,600,000 for fiscal year 2024.

(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.

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