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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1414 

To establish a grant program for individuals still suffering health effects 

as a result of the September 11, 2001, attacks in New York City 

and at the Pentagon. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 8, 2007 

Mr. NADLER (for himself, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. TOWNS, and Mr. WEINER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 

and Commerce 

A BILL 

To establish a grant program for individuals still suffering 

health effects as a result of the September 11, 2001, 

attacks in New York City and at the Pentagon. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘9/11 Heroes Health 

5 Improvement Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR 9/11-RELATED HEALTH CARE. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 

8 Human Services (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Sec9 retary’’), acting through the Director of the Centers for 


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1 Disease Control and Prevention, shall award grants to eli2 gible entities to provide medical and mental health moni3 toring, tracking, and treatment to individuals whose 

4 health has been directly impacted as a result of the attacks 

5 on New York City and at the Pentagon on September 11, 

6 2001. 

7 (b) ELIGIBILITY.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 

9 grant under subsection (a), an entity shall— 

10 (A) be an entity— 

11 (i) that serves individuals described in 

12 subsection (a), including— 

13 (I) entities providing baseline and 

14 follow-up screening, clinical examina15 tions, or long-term medical or mental 

16 health monitoring, analysis, or treat17 ment to such individuals such as the 

18 Mount Sinai Center for Occupational 

19 and Environmental Medicine of New 

20 York City, the World Trade Center 

21 Environmental Health Center at 

22 Bellevue Hospital, the New York City 

23 Fire Department’s Bureau of Health 

24 Services and Counseling Services 

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1 dation’s Project COPE, the Police Or2 ganization Providing Peer Assistance 

3 of New York City, and the New York 

4 City Department of Health and Men5 tal Hygiene’s World Trade Center 

6 Health Registry; and 

7 (II) any entity performing med8 ical and mental health monitoring, 

9 tracking, or treatment of any indi10 vidual that responded to the attacks 

11 at the Pentagon; or 

12 (ii) an entity not described in clause 

13 (i) that provides similar services to the in14 dividuals described in such clause; and 

15 (B) submit to the Secretary an application 

16 at such time, in such manner, and containing 

17 such information as the Secretary may require. 

18 (2) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—Individuals eligi19 ble to receive assistance from an entity under a 

20 grant under this section shall include firefighters, 

21 police officers, paramedics, workers, volunteers, resi22 dents, students, and any other individual who 

23 worked at Ground Zero, Fresh Kills, or the Pen24 tagon or who lived or worked in the vicinity of such 

25 areas, and whose health has deteriorated as a result 


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1 of the attacks described in subsection (a), and who 

2 have been evaluated by a physician or mental health 

3 professional for 9/11-related health conditions and 

4 need treatment for such conditions. 

5 (c) PRIORITY IN AWARDING ASSISTANCE.—An eligi6 ble entity that receives a grant under this section shall 

7 use amounts provided under such grant to provide assist8 ance to individuals in the following order of priority: 

9 (1) Individuals who are not covered under 

10 health insurance coverage. 

11 (2) Individuals who need health care assistance 

12 beyond what their health insurance coverage pro13 vides. 

14 (3) Individuals with insufficient health care in15 surance coverage. 

16 (4) Individuals who are in need of health care 

17 coverage and who are not described in any of para18 graphs (1) through (3). 

19 (d) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the date 

20 of enactment of this Act, and monthly thereafter, the Di21 rector of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

22 shall submit to the majority and minority leaders of the 

23 Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and 

24 the minority leader of the House of Representatives, a re25 port on the use of funds under this section. 


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1 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

3 appropriated to carry out this section, 

4 $1,914,000,000 for fiscal years 2008 through 2012. 

5 (2) STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION.—The Sec6 retary may use not to exceed $10,000,000 of the 

7 amount appropriated under paragraph (1) for staff8 ing and administrative expenses related to the imple9 mentation of this section. 

10 (3) USE OF OTHER FUNDS.—The Secretary 

11 may use any funds appropriated to the Department 

12 of Health and Human Services, or any other funds 

13 specifically designated, to carry out this section. 

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