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Pete Sessions (R-TX)

Fairness for Khobar Act of 2025

H.R. 4863 · House bill Crime and Law Enforcement

A Republican bill with 22 Democratic cosponsors · See all 46 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill is known as the Fairness for Khobar Act of 2025. It amends the Justice for United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act. The purpose is to provide lump sum catch-up payments to specific victims. These are victims of the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing and the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing. The payments go to those who did not apply previously because of Department of Justice guidance.

Yes· 3 of 11

  • Scored +9

    Would veterans be better off under this, taking everything together?

    Highly beneficial for veterans affected by the Beirut and Khobar Towers bombings.

  • Scored +8

    Does this increase the pay, pensions or support veterans receive?

    Provides critical financial payments to victims of bombings that likely include service members.

  • Scored +7

    Would people over 65 be better off under this?

    Victims of the 1983 bombing are likely seniors and will benefit from these payments.

The opposite

  • Scored -2

    Does this reduce what the federal government spends?

    The bill increases government expenditure by authorizing additional catch-up payments.

  • Scored -1

    Does this reduce what the federal government owes?

    The bill requires additional government spending for lump sum payments to victims.