“More than two decades after the deadly Sept. 11, 2001, attack, the Fairness for 9/11 Families Act will compensate nearly 6,000 spouses and children the $2.7 billion they are owed.
In December [2022], the Fairness for 9/11 Families Act was passed by the Senate and Congress.
Last week, it was signed into law by President Joe Biden.
The Fairness for 9/11 Families Act includes a funding source for the lump-sum catch-up payments — totaling $2.7 billion — for the thousands of spouses and family members in the United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund (USVSST). …
Direct family members of first responders who perished on Sept. 11, 2001, had been barred from receiving money owed to them from the USVSST and have been tirelessly advocating to right the wrong. …
Created in 2015, the USVSST is meant to provide compensation to American hostages and their families, as well as families of those who died on Sept.11. However, because some families received money from the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF), they were precluded from receiving additional funds from the USVSST. …
Congress corrected this injustice in 2019, through the United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund Clarification Act.”
– Kristin F. Dalton, “Biden Signs Bill Compensating 6K Families of 9/11 Victims with 2.7 Billion, From Fund They Were Previously Barred From,” silive.com, January 4, 2023