FEMA pays back retirement systems for 9/11 worker deaths
H.R. 10361 — 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. · Filed by Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) · 11 cosponsors · Introduced Sep 14, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill tells FEMA to pay money back to retirement systems. These systems paid benefits to public workers hurt or killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks. The attacks hit the World Trade Center. FEMA would cover those costs instead of the retirement systems.
Who it affects
Public workers and families hurt or killed in the September 11 attacks are affected. State and local retirement systems are affected. FEMA would have to pay the money.
One thing to notice
The bill does not say how much money FEMA would pay. It does not say when FEMA would pay.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
11 cosponsors: 9 Democrats, 2 Republicans.
- Sep 14, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 14, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- FEMA — The Federal Emergency Management Agency, a government office that helps after disasters.
- retirement systems — Pension plans that pay money to workers after they stop working.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the full bill text on Sep 16, 2026; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,522 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-22.
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