The House Financial Services Committee voted to extend thefederal Terrorism Risk Insurance Act last Wednesday, but not beforeadding another five years to legislation that originally proposed a10-year extension.

The bill, HR 2761, known as the Terrorism Risk InsuranceRevision and Extension Act, was approved by a vote of 49-20.

In late July, a House Financial Services Subcommittee hadpreviously approved a version of the bill that would have extendedthe program until 2017.

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