I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3543 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to extend and improve protections 
and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack in 
New York City on September 11, 2001, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 
Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. NADLER, Mr. FOSSELLA, Mr. 
ACKERMAN, Mr. ARCURI, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mrs. CAPPS, Ms. 
CLARKE, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. FORTUN˜O, Mr. 
GARRETT of New Jersey, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. HALL of New York, Mr. 
HARE, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. HOLT, Mr. 
ISRAEL, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. KUHL 
of New York, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. LYNCH, Mrs. 
MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. MEEKS of 
New York, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. RAN-
GEL, Mr. REYNOLDS, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. RUSH, Ms. LINDA T. 
SA´NCHEZ of California, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SHAYS, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, 
Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. SMITH
of New Jersey, Mr. TOWNS, Ms. 
VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. WALSH of New York, Mr. WEINER, Ms. WOOLSEY, and 
Mr. WYNN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 
the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to extend and 
improve protections and services to individuals directly 
impacted by the terrorist attack in New York City on 
September 11, 2001, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 
2007’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings. 
Sec. 3. Emergency funding. 
TITLE I—WORLD TRADE CENTER HEALTH PROGRAM 
Sec. 101. World Trade Center Health Program. 
‘‘TITLE XXX—WORLD TRADE CENTER HEALTH PROGRAM 
‘‘Subtitle A—Establishment of Program; Steering and Advisory Committees 
‘‘Sec. 3001. Establishment of World Trade Center Health Program within 
NIOSH. 
‘‘Sec. 3002. WTC Health Program Steering Committee. 
‘‘Sec. 3003. WTC Health Program Scientific/Technical Advisory Com-
mittee. 
‘‘Sec. 3004. Community education and outreach. 
‘‘Sec. 3005. Uniform data collection. 
‘‘Sec. 3006. Centers of Excellence. 
‘‘Sec. 3007. Programs regarding attack at Pentagon. 
‘‘Sec. 3008. Entitlement authorities. 
‘‘Sec. 3009. Definitions. 
‘‘Subtitle B—Program of Monitoring and Treatment 
‘‘PART 1—FOR WTC RESPONDERS 
‘‘Sec. 3011. Identification of eligible WTC responders and provision of 
WTC-related monitoring services. 
‘‘Sec. 3012. Treatment of eligible WTC responders for WTC-related health 
conditions. 
‘‘PART 2—COMMUNITY PROGRAM 
‘‘Sec. 3021. Identification of eligible WTC residents and other non-re-
sponders and provision of WTC-related monitoring serv-
ices. 
‘‘Sec. 3022. Treatment of eligible WTC residents and other non-responders 
for WTC-related health conditions. 
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nesses are becoming more severe. More than 6,500 
responders are receiving treatment for physical 
health conditions. 
(15) The September 11 Victim Compensation 
Fund of 2001 was established to provide compensa-
tion to individuals who were physically injured or 
killed as a result of the terrorist-related aircraft 
crashes of September 11, 2001. 
(16) The deadline for filing claims for com-
pensation under the Victim Compensation Fund was 
December 22, 2003. 
(17) Some individuals did not know they were 
eligible to file claims for compensation for injuries or 
did not know they had suffered physical harm as a 
result of the terrorist-related aircraft crashes until 
after the December 22, 2003, deadline. 
(18) Further research is needed to evaluate 
more comprehensively the extent of the health im-
pacts of September 11, including research for 
emerging health problems such as cancer, which 
have been predicted. 
(19) Research is needed regarding possible 
treatment for the illnesses and injuries of September 
11. 
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