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Victim-Fund Head: May Use Up Available Cash

By BOB HENNELLY
Posted 10/5/18

In a formal notice posted Oct. 2 in the Federal Register, the Special Master of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund has raised the possibility that the $7.4-billion fund could run out of money before it satisfies the valid claims it will receive by its shutdown date in December 2020.

In what is known as a “Notice of Inquiry,” Special Master Rupa Bhattacharyya is soliciting public comment over the next 60 days on how the U.S. Department of Justice-administered fund should handle a potential shortfall.

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