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Homeland Security: 9/11 Victim Relief Funds [Updated December 10, 2004]
"In the first days following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 an unprecedented number of Americans contributed over $2.7 billion in donations to assist in the relief of victims. According to a 2004 Rand Corporation study, that money amounted to only a modest share (7%) of the $38.1 billion 'quantified benefits' provided to victims of the terrorist attacks. The Rand study reported that payments worth $19.6 billion (51%) were disbursed by insurers and $15.8 billion (42%) were disbursed by government programs. The federal government responded to the attacks in various ways. In the first week after the disaster, Congress passed the 2001 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United States (P.L. 107-38), part of which provided at least $20 billion for disaster recovery in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania. Twelve days after the attack, the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 (P.L. 107-42) became law. This program was intended to compensate any individual (or the personal representative of a deceased individual) who was physically injured or killed as a result of the attack. [...] This report also discusses the amounts of money collected and distributed by some of the larger victim relief funds such as the New York State's World Trade Center Relief Fund Distribution, the Twin Towers Fund, the Red Cross Liberty Disaster Relief Fund and several Firefighters and Police Relief Funds."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Wolfe, M. Ann
2004-12-10
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Survey of the Fifty States and the District of Columbia Statutes Generally Concerning the Quarantine and Isolation of Persons Having a Contagious or Infectious Disease [September 8, 1987]
"This report is a survey of the statutes of the fifty states and the District of Columbia which generally concern the quarantine and isolation of persons having a contagious or infectious disease. In this survey only those statutes were included which concern the quarantine and isolation of persons with contagious or infectious diseases generally. Except for those statutes which concern the quarantine and isolation of persons with venereal disease or specifically AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome), as is the case with the newly enacted statute in Colorado, statutes which discuss the quarantine and isolation for tuberculosis or any other specific disease were not included. It should be noted that statutes which are being enacted in the 1987 legislative year have not been thoroughly searched for this report since not all states have completed their 1987 sessions."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Wolfe, M. Ann
1987-09-08
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Homeland Security: 9/11 Victim Relief Funds [Updated March 27, 2003]
"In the first days following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, an unprecedented number of Americans contributed over $2.2 billion (some estimates run as high as $2.7 billion) in donations to assist in the relief of victims. According to the New York State Attorney General's office, over 250 new charitable funds were created in the weeks following the 9/11 crisis. The federal government responded to the attacks in various ways. In the first week after the disaster, Congress passed the 2001 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United States (P.L. 107-38), part of which provided at least $20 billion for disaster recovery in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania. Then 12 days after the attack the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 (P.L. 107-42) became law. This $6 billion program is intended to compensate any individual (or the personal representative of a deceased individual) who was physically injured or killed as a result of the attack. Nearly 3,000 victim families are expected to apply for compensation. Attorney General Ashcroft appointed a Special Master who is presently in the process of distributing the fund. Congress also passed, and the President signed into law, the Victims of Terrorism Tax Relief Act of 2001 (P.L.107- 134). Among other things, this law states that victims will not be subject to federal income taxes for the year in which they died and also for the previous year."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Wolfe, M. Ann
2003-03-27
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