Bipartisan bill to pay US victims of terror attacks reintroduced

(JNS) — Legislation to fund an account that pays compensation to American victims of terrorist attacks was reintroduced Tuesday.

The American Victims of Terror Compensation Act, which has Democratic and Republican sponsors in both houses of Congress, is designed to guarantee that victims who win judgments against Iran, Cuba, North Korea, Syria and other state sponsors of terror can be compensated.

“While we can never bring back the loved ones lost in state-sponsored terror attacks like 9/11, we must ensure they have the support they need to carry on,” Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) said at a pr...