H.R. 3375 — 107th Congress
Embassy Employee Compensation Act
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Jul 11, 2002Committee on the Judiciary. Committee consideration and Mark Up Session held.
CRS summary
As of May 20, 2002Reported to House without amendment
(Sec. 5) Requires claimants to provide information to the Special Master concerning the physical harm suffered and any possible economic and noneconomic losses incurred from the bombings, as well as the "collateral sources" of compensation received or entitled to be received, defined as life insurance, pension funds, death benefit programs and payments by Federal, State, or local governments. Sets a two-year limit on filing claims, beginning after the promulgation of regulations to implement the Act.
Directs the Special Master to determine whether a claimant is eligible for compensation and, if so, the amount to be disbursed based on harm suffered, facts of the claim, and individual circumstances of the claimant.
Prohibits the Special Master from considering negligence or any other theory of liability with regard to claimants. Requires completion of the review and determination of a claim within 120 days after it is filed. Makes the Special Master's decision on a claim final and not subject to judicial review.
Specifies that punitive damages may not be awarded. Requires that any award be reduced by collateral source compensation a claimant has received or is entitled to receive.
Makes eligible to receive compensation any U.S. citizens who suffered physical harm from the bombing of the United States embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, or from the bombing of the embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Permits personal representatives of U.S. citizens killed by either bombing to receive compensation on behalf of the deceased.
Limits claims to one per individual. Provides that upon filing a claim, an individual waives the right to seek damages in civil suits in Federal or State courts, except for pursuing collateral source compensation.
(Sec. 6) Requires the Special Master to authorize payments to eligible claimants not later than 20 days after the date on which the determination of the amount has been made.
Declares that this Act constitutes budget authority in advance of appropriations Acts and represents the obligation of the Federal Government to provide for the payment of compensation under the Act.
Authorizes the Attorney General to accept contributions from individuals, business concerns, and other entities to carry out the Act, and directs the Attorney General to use donated funds before appropriated funds.
(Sec. 8) Declares that the United States has the right of subrogation with respect to any claim paid from U.S. funds under the Act.
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Roll-call votes
1 on recordMay 21, 2002 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
Full roll call274 of 435 recorded votes are not yet matched to a member profile.
Yea — 391: 86 D · 63 R · 1 I
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| RAMSTAD, James | MN |
| DICKS, Norman DeValois | WA |
| HYDE, Henry John | IL |
| CASTLE, Michael Newbold | DE |
| WELLER, Gerald C. | IL |
| SHADEGG, John B. | AZ |
| GEKAS, George William | PA |
| OTTER, C. L. | ID |
| MOLLOHAN, Alan Bowlby | WV |
| SCHAFFER, Robert W. | CO |
| ALLEN, Thomas H. | ME |
| PETERSON, John | PA |
| WATT, Melvin L. | NC |
| LEWIS, Charles Jeremy | CA |
| ROUKEMA, Margaret Scafati | NJ |
| PUTNAM, Adam | FL |
| FLETCHER, Ernest L. | KY |
| FOSSELLA, Vito John | NY |
| MCCRERY, James O., III | LA |
| LAHOOD, Ray H. | IL |
| LaTOURETTE, Steven C. | OH |
| HART, Melissa A. | PA |
| MORELLA, Constance A. | MD |
| GILLMOR, Paul Eugene | OH |
| BENTSEN, Kenneth E., Jr. | TX |
| SHERWOOD, Don | PA |
| RYUN, Jim | KS |
| BERMAN, Howard Lawrence | CA |
| EHLERS, Vernon James | MI |
| STARK, Fortney Hillman (Pete), Jr. | CA |
| HOEFFEL, Joseph M. | PA |
| AKIN, W. Todd | MO |
| GORDON, Barton Jennings | TN |
| SWEENEY, John E. | NY |
| HOSTETTLER, John Nathan | IN |
| LINDER, John Elmer | GA |
| JACKSON, Jesse L., Jr. | IL |
| MOORE, Dennis | KS |
| ROTHMAN, Steven | NJ |
| CLEMENT, Robert Nelson | TN |
| BUYER, Stephen Earle | IN |
| KILPATRICK, Carolyn Cheeks | MI |
| WEXLER, Robert | FL |
| ARMEY, Richard Keith | TX |
| MALONEY, James H. | CT |
| REYES, Silvestre | TX |
| OWENS, Major Robert Odell | NY |
| HAYWORTH, John D., Jr. | AZ |
| ROEMER, Timothy John | IN |
| JOHNSON, Timothy V. | IL |
| DOOLITTLE, John Taylor | CA |
| McKINNEY, Cynthia Ann | GA |
| HOBSON, David Lee | OH |
| COMBEST, Larry Ed | TX |
| KENNEDY, Mark | MN |
| SAWYER, Thomas Charles | OH |
| OBEY, David Ross | WI |
| BONILLA, Henry | TX |
| SIMMONS, Robert | CT |
| HANSEN, James Vear | UT |
| BARCIA, James A. | MI |
| WATSON, Diane Edith | CA |
| LAMPSON, Nicholas V. | TX |
| LUCAS, Ken | KY |
| TAUSCHER, Ellen O'Kane | CA |
| TANCREDO, Thomas G. | CO |
| BASS, Charles Foster | NH |
| KERNS, Brian D. | IN |
| SKEEN, Joseph Richard | NM |
| SOUDER, Mark Edward | IN |
| TANNER, John S. | TN |
| SHAYS, Christopher H. | CT |
| DAVIS, Thomas M., III | VA |
| TAUZIN, Wilbert Joseph | LA |
| BARR, Bob | GA |
| KELLER, Richard | FL |
| EVANS, Lane Allen | IL |
| OSBORNE, Thomas | NE |
| GREEN, Mark | WI |
| COOKSEY, John | LA |
| NORTHUP, Anne Meagher | KY |
| PHELPS, David Dwain | IL |
| LUTHER, William Paul | MN |
| REYNOLDS, Thomas M. | NY |
| BROWN, Henry Edward, Jr. | SC |
| KUCINICH, Dennis | OH |
| BIGGERT, Judy Borg | IL |
| CLAYTON, Eva M. | NC |
| HOOLEY, Darlene | OR |
| RADANOVICH, George P. | CA |
| FERGUSON, Michael | NJ |
| TAYLOR, Gary Eugene | MS |
| KOLBE, James Thomas | AZ |
| SULLIVAN, John | OK |
| ORTIZ, Solomon P. | TX |
| WILSON, Heather | NM |
| SOLIS, Hilda L. | CA |
| TURNER, Jim | TX |
| BOUCHER, Frederick C. | VA |
| KNOLLENBERG, Joseph | MI |
| RODRIGUEZ, Ciro D. | TX |
| CRANE, Philip Miller | IL |
| GRUCCI, Jr., Felix J. | NY |
| HILLEARY, Van | TN |
| OBERSTAR, James Louis | MN |
| COYNE, William Joseph | PA |
| LaFALCE, John Joseph | NY |
| BOYD, F. Allen, Jr. | FL |
| LANTOS, Thomas Peter | CA |
| MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Juanita | CA |
| HOUGHTON, Amory, Jr. | NY |
| GANSKE, Greg | IA |
| HALL, Tony Patrick | OH |
| TOWNS, Edolphus | NY |
| McCARTHY, Karen | MO |
| STRICKLAND, Ted | OH |
| DELAHUNT, Bill | MA |
| McHUGH, John Michael | NY |
| DREIER, David Timothy | CA |
| HINCHEY, Maurice Dunlea | NY |
| EHRLICH, Robert L., Jr. | MD |
| BERKLEY, Shelley | NV |
| HARMAN, Jane L. | CA |
| FORD, Harold, Jr. | TN |
| BALDACCI, John Elias | ME |
| WOOLSEY, Lynn C. | CA |
| HORN, John Stephen | CA |
| GILCHREST, Wayne Thomas | MD |
| YOUNG, Charles William | FL |
| TAYLOR, Charles Hart | NC |
| JOHN, Christopher | LA |
| CANTOR, Eric | VA |
| MEEHAN, Martin Thomas | MA |
| REHBERG, Denny | MT |
| BRYANT, Ed | TN |
| DOOLEY, Calvin M. | CA |
| MINK, Patsy Takemoto | HI |
| DeLAY, Thomas Dale | TX |
| JOHNSON, Nancy Lee | CT |
| BACA, Joe | CA |
| BOSWELL, Leonard L. | IA |
| STENHOLM, Charles Walter | TX |
| INSLEE, Jay Robert | WA |
| PLATTS, Todd | PA |
| STEARNS, Clifford Bundy | FL |
| WELDON, Wayne Curtis | PA |
| SKELTON, Isaac Newton, IV | MO |
| WU, David | OR |
| HEFLEY, Joel M. | CO |
| CANNON, Christopher B. | UT |
| ABERCROMBIE, Neil | HI |
| CUBIN, Barbara L. | WY |
| KELLY, Sue W. | NY |
| GIBBONS, James A. | NV |
| FROST, Jonas Martin | TX |
| DAVIS, Jim | FL |
| HULSHOF, Kenny | MO |
| REGULA, Ralph Straus | OH |
| SANDLIN, Max A. | TX |
| PICKERING, Charles W. (Chip), Jr. | MS |
| DeMINT, James W. | SC |
| KILDEE, Dale Edward | MI |
| COSTELLO, Jerry Francis | IL |
| ACKERMAN, Gary Leonard | NY |
| SABO, Martin Olav | MN |
| SPRATT, John McKee, Jr. | SC |
| BOEHLERT, Sherwood Louis | NY |
| THURMAN, Karen L. | FL |
| LEWIS, Ron | KY |
| KLECZKA, Gerald Daniel | WI |
| CRAMER, Robert E. (Bud), Jr. | AL |
| HOLDEN, Thomas Timothy | PA |
| BEREUTER, Douglas Kent | NE |
| ROSS, Michael Avery | AR |
| WAMP, Zachary Paul | TN |
| MEEK, Carrie P. | FL |
| CUNNINGHAM, Randall | CA |
| POMEROY, Earl Ralph, III | ND |
| DUNN, Jennifer Blackburn | WA |
| HOEKSTRA, Peter | MI |
| ETHERIDGE, Bobby R. | NC |
| STUPAK, Bart T. | MI |
| BILIRAKIS, Michael | FL |
| KENNEDY, Patrick Joseph | RI |
| CONDIT, Gary Adrian | CA |
| KANJORSKI, Paul E. | PA |
| MYRICK, Sue | NC |
| JEFFERSON, William Jennings | LA |
| RIVERS, Lynn Nancy | MI |
| CARSON, Brad | OK |
| QUINN, John Francis | NY |
| THOMAS, William Marshall | CA |
| SHAW, Eugene Clay, Jr. | FL |
| NEY, Robert William | OH |
| JENKINS, William Lewis | TN |
| WEINER, Anthony D. | NY |
| LEACH, James Albert Smith | IA |
| ENGLISH, Philip Sheridan | PA |
| WATTS, Julius Caesar, Jr. | OK |
| JONES, Stephanie Tubbs | OH |
| FILNER, Bob | CA |
| EDWARDS, Thomas Chester | TX |
| MILLER, Daniel | FL |
| BERRY, Robert Marion | AR |
| ANDREWS, Robert Ernest | NJ |
| GOSS, Porter J. | FL |
| GEPHARDT, Richard Andrew | MO |
| DIAZ-BALART, Lincoln | FL |
| HILLIARD, Earl Frederick | AL |
| DAVIS, Jo Ann | VA |
| WALSH, James T. | NY |
| BONO, Mary | CA |
| FOLEY, Mark A. | FL |
| BARRETT, Thomas M. | WI |
| WELDON, David Joseph | FL |
| HERGER, Walter William | CA |
| OXLEY, Michael Garver | OH |
| McNULTY, Michael Robert | NY |
| SHOWS, Clifford Ronald | MS |
| GALLEGLY, Elton W. | CA |
| GILMAN, Benjamin Arthur | NY |
| NUSSLE, James Allen | IA |
| HILL, Baron P. | IN |
| PAYNE, Donald Milford | NJ |
| WYNN, Albert Russell | MD |
| HUNTER, Duncan Lee | CA |
| NETHERCUTT, George R., Jr. | WA |
| CALLAHAN, Herbert Leon | AL |
| BAKER, Richard Hugh | LA |
| PENCE, Mike | IN |
| ISTOOK, Ernest James, Jr. | OK |
| OLVER, John Walter | MA |
| GONZALEZ, Charles A. | TX |
| PRYCE, Deborah D. | OH |
| SUNUNU, John E. | NH |
| CARSON, Julia May | IN |
| HAYES, Robert Cannon | NC |
| SAXTON, Hugh James | NJ |
| BAIRD, Brian | WA |
| OSE, Doug | CA |
| TIAHRT, Todd | KS |
| Ed Pastor | AZ |
| Adam B. Schiff | CA |
| Anna G. Eshoo | CA |
| Barbara Lee | CA |
| Brad Sherman | CA |
| George Miller | CA |
| Grace F. Napolitano | CA |
| Henry A. Waxman | CA |
| Lois Capps | CA |
| Loretta Sanchez | CA |
| Lucille Roybal-Allard | CA |
| Maxine Waters | CA |
| Michael M. Honda | CA |
| Mike Thompson | CA |
| Nancy Pelosi | CA |
| Sam Farr | CA |
| Susan A. Davis | CA |
| Xavier Becerra | CA |
| Zoe Lofgren | CA |
| Diana DeGette | CO |
| Mark Udall | CO |
| John B. Larson | CT |
| Rosa L. DeLauro | CT |
| Alcee L. Hastings | FL |
| Corrine Brown | FL |
| Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | GA |
| Bobby L. Rush | IL |
| Danny K. Davis | IL |
| Janice D. Schakowsky | IL |
| Luis V. Gutiérrez | IL |
| Peter J. Visclosky | IN |
| Edward J. Markey | MA |
| James P. McGovern | MA |
| John F. Tierney | MA |
| Michael E. Capuano | MA |
| Richard E. Neal | MA |
| Stephen F. Lynch | MA |
| Benjamin L. Cardin | MD |
| Elijah E. Cummings | MD |
| Steny H. Hoyer | MD |
| John D. Dingell | MI |
| Sander M. Levin | MI |
| Betty McCollum | MN |
| Collin C. Peterson | MN |
| Wm. Lacy Clay | MO |
| Bennie G. Thompson | MS |
| David E. Price | NC |
| Mike McIntyre | NC |
| Bill Pascrell, Jr. | NJ |
| Frank Pallone, Jr. | NJ |
| Rush Holt | NJ |
| Tom Udall | NM |
| Carolyn B. Maloney | NY |
| Carolyn McCarthy | NY |
| Charles B. Rangel | NY |
| Eliot L. Engel | NY |
| Gregory W. Meeks | NY |
| Jerrold Nadler | NY |
| José E. Serrano | NY |
| Joseph Crowley | NY |
| Louise McIntosh Slaughter | NY |
| Nita M. Lowey | NY |
| Nydia M. Velázquez | NY |
| Steve Israel | NY |
| Marcy Kaptur | OH |
| Sherrod Brown | OH |
| Earl Blumenauer | OR |
| Peter A. DeFazio | OR |
| Chaka Fattah | PA |
| Michael F. Doyle | PA |
| James R. Langevin | RI |
| James E. Clyburn | SC |
| Eddie Bernice Johnson | TX |
| Gene Green | TX |
| Lloyd Doggett | TX |
| Rubén Hinojosa | TX |
| Sheila Jackson Lee | TX |
| Jim Matheson | UT |
| James P. Moran | VA |
| Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | VA |
| Adam Smith | WA |
| Jim McDermott | WA |
| Rick Larsen | WA |
| Ron Kind | WI |
| Tammy Baldwin | WI |
| Nick J. Rahall II | WV |
| Bernard Sanders | VT |
| Don Young | AK |
| Robert B. Aderholt | AL |
| Spencer Bachus | AL |
| John Boozman | AR |
| Dana Rohrabacher | CA |
| Darrell Issa | CA |
| Edward R. Royce | CA |
| Gary G. Miller | CA |
| Howard P. "Buck" McKeon | CA |
| Ken Calvert | CA |
| Ander Crenshaw | FL |
| Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | FL |
| Jeff Miller | FL |
| John L. Mica | FL |
| Johnny Isakson | GA |
| Saxby Chambliss | GA |
| Tom Latham | IA |
| Michael K. Simpson | ID |
| John Shimkus | IL |
| Mark Kirk | IL |
| Jerry Moran | KS |
| Ed Whitfield | KY |
| Harold Rogers | KY |
| David Vitter | LA |
| Dave Camp | MI |
| Fred Upton | MI |
| Mike Rogers | MI |
| Roy Blunt | MO |
| Sam Graves | MO |
| Roger F. Wicker | MS |
| Richard Burr | NC |
| Christopher H. Smith | NJ |
| Frank A. LoBiondo | NJ |
| Rodney P. Frelinghuysen | NJ |
| Peter T. King | NY |
| John A. Boehner | OH |
| Patrick J. Tiberi | OH |
| Rob Portman | OH |
| Steve Chabot | OH |
| Frank D. Lucas | OK |
| Greg Walden | OR |
| Bill Shuster | PA |
| Joseph R. Pitts | PA |
| Patrick J. Toomey | PA |
| Joe Wilson | SC |
| Lindsey Graham | SC |
| John Thune | SD |
| John J. Duncan, Jr. | TN |
| Joe Barton | TX |
| John Abney Culberson | TX |
| Kay Granger | TX |
| Kevin Brady | TX |
| Lamar Smith | TX |
| Pete Sessions | TX |
| Ralph M. Hall | TX |
| Bob Goodlatte | VA |
| Frank R. Wolf | VA |
| J. Randy Forbes | VA |
| Doc Hastings | WA |
| F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. | WI |
| Paul D. Ryan | WI |
| Thomas E. Petri | WI |
| Shelley Moore Capito | WV |
Nay — 18: 6 R
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| BARTLETT, Roscoe Gardner | MD |
| McINNIS, Scott | CO |
| BALLENGER, Cass | NC |
| GUTKNECHT, Gilbert W. | MN |
| MANZULLO, Donald A. | IL |
| GOODE, Virgil H., Jr. | VA |
| PAUL, Ronald Ernest | TX |
| EVERETT, Robert Terry | AL |
| COLLINS, Michael Allen | GA |
| SMITH, Nick H. | MI |
| DEAL, John Nathan | GA |
| NORWOOD, Charles W., Jr. | GA |
| Jeff Flake | AZ |
| Jack Kingston | GA |
| Howard Coble | NC |
| Walter B. Jones | NC |
| Lee Terry | NE |
| Mac Thornberry | TX |
Not Voting — 26: 4 D · 1 R
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| TRAFICANT, James A., Jr. | OH |
| STUMP, Robert Lee | AZ |
| COX, Charles Christopher | CA |
| RILEY, Robert | AL |
| FRANK, Barney | MA |
| GREENWOOD, James Charles | PA |
| DEUTSCH, Peter R. | FL |
| WATKINS, Wesley Wade | OK |
| BORSKI, Robert Anthony, Jr. | PA |
| MURTHA, John Patrick, Jr. | PA |
| POMBO, Richard William | CA |
| BLAGOJEVICH, Rod R. | IL |
| SCHROCK, Edward | VA |
| EMERSON, Jo Ann | MO |
| SNYDER, Victor F. | AR |
| MATSUI, Robert T. | CA |
| BONIOR, David Edward | MI |
| BURTON, Danny Lee | IN |
| LIPINSKI, William Oliver | IL |
| HASTERT, John Dennis | IL |
| MASCARA, Frank R. | PA |
| John Lewis | GA |
| John Conyers, Jr. | MI |
| Robert Menendez | NJ |
| Robert A. Brady | PA |
| Sam Johnson | TX |
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