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H.R. 3375, 107th Congress

Embassy Employee Compensation Act

Originated in the House · Introduced Nov 29, 2001 · Law

Sponsor

Roy Blunt

Latest action

Jul 11, 2002

Committee on the Judiciary. Committee consideration and Mark Up Session held.

CRS summary

As of May 20, 2002

Reported to House without amendment

Embassy Employee Compensation Act - Directs the Attorney General, through the Special Master appointed under the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001, to administer compensation to American victims of the August 7, 1998, bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. Authorizes appropriations.

(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 record

May 21, 2002 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

Full roll call

Passed (391–18)

274 of 435 recorded votes are not yet matched to a member profile.

Yea: 391 (86 D · 63 R · 1 I)

MemberPartyState
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 PastorDemocratAZ
Adam B. SchiffDemocratCA
Anna G. EshooDemocratCA
Barbara LeeDemocratCA
Brad ShermanDemocratCA
George MillerDemocratCA
Grace F. NapolitanoDemocratCA
Henry A. WaxmanDemocratCA
Lois CappsDemocratCA
Loretta SanchezDemocratCA
Lucille Roybal-AllardDemocratCA
Maxine WatersDemocratCA
Michael M. HondaDemocratCA
Mike ThompsonDemocratCA
Nancy PelosiDemocratCA
Sam FarrDemocratCA
Susan A. DavisDemocratCA
Xavier BecerraDemocratCA
Zoe LofgrenDemocratCA
Diana DeGetteDemocratCO
Mark UdallDemocratCO
John B. LarsonDemocratCT
Rosa L. DeLauroDemocratCT
Alcee L. HastingsDemocratFL
Corrine BrownDemocratFL
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.DemocratGA
Bobby L. RushDemocratIL
Danny K. DavisDemocratIL
Janice D. SchakowskyDemocratIL
Luis V. GutiérrezDemocratIL
Peter J. ViscloskyDemocratIN
Edward J. MarkeyDemocratMA
James P. McGovernDemocratMA
John F. TierneyDemocratMA
Michael E. CapuanoDemocratMA
Richard E. NealDemocratMA
Stephen F. LynchDemocratMA
Benjamin L. CardinDemocratMD
Elijah E. CummingsDemocratMD
Steny H. HoyerDemocratMD
John D. DingellDemocratMI
Sander M. LevinDemocratMI
Betty McCollumDemocratMN
Collin C. PetersonDemocratMN
Wm. Lacy ClayDemocratMO
Bennie G. ThompsonDemocratMS
David E. PriceDemocratNC
Mike McIntyreDemocratNC
Bill Pascrell, Jr.DemocratNJ
Frank Pallone, Jr.DemocratNJ
Rush HoltDemocratNJ
Tom UdallDemocratNM
Carolyn B. MaloneyDemocratNY
Carolyn McCarthyDemocratNY
Charles B. RangelDemocratNY
Eliot L. EngelDemocratNY
Gregory W. MeeksDemocratNY
Jerrold NadlerDemocratNY
José E. SerranoDemocratNY
Joseph CrowleyDemocratNY
Louise McIntosh SlaughterDemocratNY
Nita M. LoweyDemocratNY
Nydia M. VelázquezDemocratNY
Steve IsraelDemocratNY
Marcy KapturDemocratOH
Sherrod BrownDemocratOH
Earl BlumenauerDemocratOR
Peter A. DeFazioDemocratOR
Chaka FattahDemocratPA
Michael F. DoyleDemocratPA
James R. LangevinDemocratRI
James E. ClyburnDemocratSC
Eddie Bernice JohnsonDemocratTX
Gene GreenDemocratTX
Lloyd DoggettDemocratTX
Rubén HinojosaDemocratTX
Sheila Jackson LeeDemocratTX
Jim MathesonDemocratUT
James P. MoranDemocratVA
Robert C. "Bobby" ScottDemocratVA
Adam SmithDemocratWA
Jim McDermottDemocratWA
Rick LarsenDemocratWA
Ron KindDemocratWI
Tammy BaldwinDemocratWI
Nick J. Rahall IIDemocratWV
Bernard SandersIndependentVT
Don YoungRepublicanAK
Robert B. AderholtRepublicanAL
Spencer BachusRepublicanAL
John BoozmanRepublicanAR
Dana RohrabacherRepublicanCA
Darrell IssaRepublicanCA
Edward R. RoyceRepublicanCA
Gary G. MillerRepublicanCA
Howard P. "Buck" McKeonRepublicanCA
Ken CalvertRepublicanCA
Ander CrenshawRepublicanFL
Ileana Ros-LehtinenRepublicanFL
Jeff MillerRepublicanFL
John L. MicaRepublicanFL
Johnny IsaksonRepublicanGA
Saxby ChamblissRepublicanGA
Tom LathamRepublicanIA
Michael K. SimpsonRepublicanID
John ShimkusRepublicanIL
Mark KirkRepublicanIL
Jerry MoranRepublicanKS
Ed WhitfieldRepublicanKY
Harold RogersRepublicanKY
David VitterRepublicanLA
Dave CampRepublicanMI
Fred UptonRepublicanMI
Mike RogersRepublicanMI
Roy BluntRepublicanMO
Sam GravesRepublicanMO
Roger F. WickerRepublicanMS
Richard BurrRepublicanNC
Christopher H. SmithRepublicanNJ
Frank A. LoBiondoRepublicanNJ
Rodney P. FrelinghuysenRepublicanNJ
Peter T. KingRepublicanNY
John A. BoehnerRepublicanOH
Patrick J. TiberiRepublicanOH
Rob PortmanRepublicanOH
Steve ChabotRepublicanOH
Frank D. LucasRepublicanOK
Greg WaldenRepublicanOR
Bill ShusterRepublicanPA
Joseph R. PittsRepublicanPA
Patrick J. ToomeyRepublicanPA
Joe WilsonRepublicanSC
Lindsey GrahamRepublicanSC
John ThuneRepublicanSD
John J. Duncan, Jr.RepublicanTN
Joe BartonRepublicanTX
John Abney CulbersonRepublicanTX
Kay GrangerRepublicanTX
Kevin BradyRepublicanTX
Lamar SmithRepublicanTX
Pete SessionsRepublicanTX
Ralph M. HallRepublicanTX
Bob GoodlatteRepublicanVA
Frank R. WolfRepublicanVA
J. Randy ForbesRepublicanVA
Doc HastingsRepublicanWA
F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.RepublicanWI
Paul D. RyanRepublicanWI
Thomas E. PetriRepublicanWI
Shelley Moore CapitoRepublicanWV

Nay: 18 (6 R)

MemberPartyState
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 FlakeRepublicanAZ
Jack KingstonRepublicanGA
Howard CobleRepublicanNC
Walter B. JonesRepublicanNC
Lee TerryRepublicanNE
Mac ThornberryRepublicanTX

Not Voting: 26 (4 D · 1 R)

MemberPartyState
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 LewisDemocratGA
John Conyers, Jr.DemocratMI
Robert MenendezDemocratNJ
Robert A. BradyDemocratPA
Sam JohnsonRepublicanTX

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