In order to qualify for this benefit, you must be a U.S. national or a U.S. government officer/employee. The individual victim must have suffered “direct physical or emotional injury or death as a result of an act of international terrorism occurring on or after October 23, 1983, with respect to which an investigation or prosecution was ongoing or was commenced after April 24, 1996”. If the victim is a minor, incompetent, incapacitated, or is killed, a family member or legally designated representative of the victim may receive expense reimbursement on behalf of the victim. In addition to the victim, claimants may include the following:

• Spouse of the victim
• Parents of the victim
• Children of the victim
• Siblings of the victim
• Legally designated victim representative.