In what may be his final act , retiring Sen. Tom Coburn , R-Oklahoma , insisted on changes to a bill reauthorizing a federal terrorism insurance program created after the September 11 terrorist attacks . `` If we change the bill , it 's gone , '' said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid , arguing that any amendment to the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act , or TRIA , would require sending the bill back to the House of Representatives , which is on vacation until January 6 . So , the bill will expire at the end of the year . The law was approved shortly after 9/11 to help insurance companies mitigate the costs of covering the aftermath of terrorist attacks . Coburn opposed a specific rider made to what would have been a six-year extension of the act . Called the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act , it would create a federal bureaucracy built to license insurance agents . Coburn wanted an opt-out provision for states , and he disagreed with the length of the extension . `` It does n't have anything to do with the terrorism risk insurance bill , '' said Coburn . Coburn said further that TRIA forces American taxpayers to `` take all the risk . '' He said on the Senate floor Tuesday that the insurance industry has made $ 40 billion as a result of TRIA in the last 12 years . Rumors that an expiration of the law would lead the National Football League to cancel the Super Bowl were quashed Tuesday . NFL spokesman Greg Aiello told CNN in an email Tuesday that the speculation over the Super Bowl being canceled is `` not true . '' `` The Super Bowl will be played , '' he said . Congressional Republicans have vowed to make a TRIA extension one of the first orders of business when the GOP-led Congress convenes in early January .
Sen. Tom Coburn insisted on changes to a bill reauthorizing a terrorism insurance program . Changes would require action by the House , which is on break , Senate majority leader says . The bill will expire at year 's end ; Republicans say they 'll make the insurance a priority next month . NFL spokesman : Speculation that the Super Bowl will be canceled is `` not true ''