This bill amends the Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act (34 U.S.C. 20144). It creates an exception for "Havlish Settling Judgment Creditors" so that certain withholding and conditional payment rules in subsection (e)(2)(B) do not apply to them. The bill defines a Havlish Settling Judgment Creditor as a plaintiff, an estate, or a successor in interest with an eligible claim arising out of the September 11, 2001, attacks who is identified as a Settling Judgment Creditor in the April 16, 2014 Order in In re 650 Fifth Avenue and Related Properties (S.D.N.Y., No. 08-CV-10934). The bill requires that funds previously allocated to Havlish Settling Judgment Creditors and withheld under the conditional payment rule be released and paid to those creditors. It also says those creditors can participate in future rounds of payments in the same manner as other claimants. The amendments take effect as if enacted on December 29, 2022.
If you are a Havlish Settling Judgment Creditor as defined in the bill, any funds that were allocated to you and withheld under the conditional payment process must be released and paid to you. You also become eligible to join future payment rounds on the same terms as other claimants described in the Act. If you are not a Havlish creditor, the bill does not change your status under the cited Act.
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