H.R. 10361House119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

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 September 14, 2026

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The bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to pay back public employee retirement systems for costs tied to accidental disability retirements and accidental deaths of members who took part in the rescue, recovery, or cleanup after the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center attacks. It provides funding for FEMA to make those payments and applies to any public retirement system that has at least one such participant.

Key Provisions

  • FEMA must reimburse each eligible public employee retirement system for expenses related to accidental disability retirements and accidental deaths that occurred during 9/11 rescue, recovery, or cleanup work.
  • Reimbursed funds can only be used by the qualifying retirement system and not by any other entity.
  • The bill authorizes up to $5,913,400,000 for FY2027 to cover these reimbursements.
  • An "eligible public employee retirement system" is defined as any public retirement system that includes a member who participated in the 9/11 rescue, recovery, or cleanup operations.

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Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

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Introduced in House

September 14, 2026

HouseIntro Referral

Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

September 14, 2026

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I

119th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 10361

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

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.

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.