‘‘(ix) a person who assisted in the 
criminal investigation; 
‘‘(C) a worker who responded to such at-
tacks by assisting in the cleanup or restoration 
of critical infrastructure in and around New 
York City; 
‘‘(D) a person whose place of residence is 
in the declared disaster area; 
‘‘(E) a person who was employed in or at-
tended school, child care, or adult day care in 
a building located in the declared disaster area 
any time during the period of September 11, 
2001, through August 31, 2002; and 
‘‘(F) any other person whom the Secretary 
determines to be appropriate. 
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding the determination re-
quirements of paragraph (1), the immediate family 
members of an individual who is an eligible recipient 
under paragraph (1) may receive benefits under this 
section if the eligible recipient—
‘‘(A) is or was on the date of the Sep-
tember 11th attacks the policy holder for such 
family; and 
‘‘(B) received family health insurance as of 
September 11, 2001.’’.
SEC. 4. HEALTH SCREENINGS, EXAMINATIONS, AND MONI-
TORING SERVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part B of title III of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 243 et seq.) is amended 
by inserting after section 317R the following section: 
‘‘SEC. 317T. CERTAIN HEALTH SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS 
ASSISTING WITH RESPONSE TO SEPTEMBER 
11 TERRORIST ATTACKS IN NEW YORK CITY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through 
the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention, shall make awards of grants or cooperative agree-
ments for the purpose of carrying out baseline and follow-
up screening and clinical examinations, and long-term 
health monitoring and analysis, for covered individuals 
who meet the eligibility criteria under subsection (d). 
‘‘(b) COVERED INDIVIDUALS.—For purposes of this 
section, the term ‘covered individuals’ means—
‘‘(1) emergency service personnel and rescue 
and recovery personnel who responded to the ter-
rorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, 
in New York City, in the State of New York, any 
time during the period of September 11, 2001, 
through August 31, 2002; 
‘‘(2) any other worker or volunteer who re-
sponded to such attacks, including—
‘‘(A) a police officer;
‘‘(B) a firefighter; 
‘‘(C) an emergency medical technician; 
‘‘(D) a transit worker; 
‘‘(E) any participating member of an 
urban search and rescue team; 
‘‘(F) Federal and State employees; 
‘‘(G) a person who worked to recover 
human remains; 
‘‘(H) a person who worked on the criminal 
investigation; and 
‘‘(I) any other relief or rescue worker or 
volunteer whom the Secretary determines to be 
appropriate; 
‘‘(3) a worker who responded to such attacks by 
assisting in the cleanup or restoration of critical in-
frastructure in and around the designated disaster 
area; 
‘‘(4) a person whose place of residence is in the 
declared disaster area; 
‘‘(5) a person who is employed in or attends 
school, child care, or adult day care in a building lo-
cated in the declared disaster area; and 
‘‘(6) any other person whom the Secretary de-
termines to be appropriate. 
‘‘(c) AWARD RECIPIENT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the submission 
of an application satisfactory to the Secretary, 
awards under subsection (a) shall be made only to—
‘‘(A) the consortium of medical entities 
that, pursuant to the program referred to in 
subsection (g), provided health services de-
scribed in subsection (a) during fiscal year 
2003 for the personnel described in subsection 
(b)(1), subject to the consortium meeting the 
criteria established in paragraph (2); and 
‘‘(B) the separate program carried out by 
the New York City Fire Department. 
‘‘(2) CRITERIA.—For purposes of paragraph 
(1)(A), the criteria described in this paragraph for 
the consortium referred to in such paragraph are 
that the consortium has appropriate experience in 
the areas of environmental or occupational health, 
toxicology, and safety, including experience in—
‘‘(A) developing clinical protocols and con-
ducting clinical health examinations, including 
mental health assessments; 
‘‘(B) conducting long-term health moni-
toring and epidemiological studies; 
‘‘(C) conducting long-term mental health 
studies; and
‘‘(D) establishing and maintaining medical 
surveillance programs and environmental expo-
sure or disease registries. 
‘‘(d) ELIGIBILITY OF COVERED INDIVIDUALS.—The 
Secretary shall determine eligibility criteria for covered in-
dividuals to receive health services under subsection (a). 
Such criteria shall include the requirement that a covered 
individual may not receive services through the program 
under such section unless the individual enrolls in the pro-
gram. 
‘‘(e) CERTAIN PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—With re-
spect to the program under subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall provide for the following: 
‘‘(1) Awards under subsection (a) shall des-
ignate an amount to be available only for covered in-
dividuals who—
‘‘(A) are active or retired firefighters of 
New York City; and 
‘‘(B) in responding to the terrorist attacks 
of September 11, 2001, provided services in the 
immediate vicinity of the World Trade Center. 
‘‘(2) A covered individual enrolled in the pro-
gram may not receive services under the program for 
a period exceeding 20 years after the date on which 
the individual first receive services under the pro-
gram, except that the Secretary may designate a 
longer period if the Secretary determines that a 
longer period is appropriate with respect to the 
health of covered individuals. 
‘‘(3) The program may not establish a max-
imum enrollment number of fewer than 40,000 cov-
ered individuals. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORITY
REGARDING
TREATMENT.—The 
Secretary may, to the extent determined appropriate by 
the Secretary, authorize the program under subsection (a) 
to provide treatment services to covered individuals who 
have no other means of obtaining treatment. 
‘‘(g) RELATION TO CERTAIN PROGRAM.—Effective 
on and after the date of the enactment of the Remember 
9/11 Health Act, the two programs carried out pursuant 
to the appropriation of $90,000,000 made in Public Law 
107–206 under the heading ‘Public Health and Social 
Services Emergency Fund’, which programs provide 
health services described in subsection (a) for the per-
sonnel described in subsection (b)(1), shall be considered 
to be carried out under authority of this section and shall 
be subject to the requirements of this section, except for 
any period of transition determined appropriate by the 
Secretary, not to exceed one year after such date of enact-
ment.
‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 
purpose of awards under subsection (a), there are author-
ized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary 
for each of the fiscal years 2005 through 2024, in addition 
to any other authorizations of appropriations that are 
available for such purpose.’’. 
(b) PROGRAMS
REGARDING
ATTACK
AT
PEN-
TAGON.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
may, to the extent determined appropriate by the Sec-
retary, establish with respect to the terrorist attack at the 
Pentagon on September 11, 2001, programs similar to the 
programs that are established in sections 317T and 409J 
of the Public Health Service Act with respect to the ter-
rorist attacks on such date in New York City, in the State 
of New York. 
SEC. 5. RESEARCH REGARDING CERTAIN HEALTH CONDI-
TIONS. 
Part B of title IV of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 284 et seq.) is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 409I the following section:
‘‘SEC. 409J. RESEARCH REGARDING CERTAIN HEALTH CON-
DITIONS OF INDIVIDUALS ASSISTING WITH 
RESPONSE TO SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST AT-
TACKS IN NEW YORK CITY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—With respect to covered individ-
uals as defined in section 317T, the Director of NIH shall 
conduct or support—
‘‘(1) diagnostic research on qualifying health 
conditions of such individuals, in the case of condi-
tions for which there has been diagnostic uncer-
tainty; and 
‘‘(2) research on treating qualifying health con-
ditions of such individuals, in the case of conditions 
for which there has been treatment uncertainty. 
‘‘(b) QUALIFYING HEALTH CONDITIONS.—For pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘qualifying health condi-
tions’ means adverse health conditions that are considered 
by the Secretary to be associated with exposure to one or 
more of the sites of the terrorist attacks that occurred on 
September 11, 2001, in New York City, in the State of 
New York. 
‘‘(c) CONSULTATION WITH CERTAIN MEDICAL CON-
SORTIUM.—The Secretary shall carry out this section in 
consultation with—
‘‘(1) the consortium of medicine entities re-
ferred to in section 317T(c)(1); and
‘‘(2) the firefighters department of New York 
City, and the union for the firefighters of such de-
partment. 
‘‘(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Director of NIH shall 
annually submit to the Congress a report describing the 
findings of research under subsection (a). 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the 
purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized 
to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for 
each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2009, in addition 
to any other authorizations of appropriations that are 
available for such purpose.’’. 
SEC. 6. 9/11 HEALTH EMERGENCY COORDINATING COUN-
CIL. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall convene a council, to be known as 
‘‘9/11 Health Emergency Coordinating Council’’ (in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘Council’’), for the following 
purposes: 
(1) Discussing, examining, and formulating rec-
ommendations with respect to the adequacy and co-
ordination of the following: 
(A) Response by the Federal Government, 
State governments, local governments, and the
private sector to the terrorist attacks of Sep-
tember 11, 2001. 
(B) Care and compensation for the victims 
of such attacks. 
(C) Federal tracking of the monitoring of, 
and possible treatment for, individuals who are 
directly suffering from, or may have long-term 
health effects from, such attacks. 
(D) Coordination among the members of 
the Council in responding to the terrorist at-
tacks of September 11, 2001. 
(2) In accordance with subsection (c), rendering 
advisory opinions on the scope of any obligation of 
the Federal Government resulting from the terrorist 
attacks of September 11, 2001, relative to any obli-
gation of an insurance company resulting from such 
attacks. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.—
(1) CHAIRPERSON.—The Secretary of Health 
and Human Services (or the Secretary’s designee) 
shall serve as the chairperson of the Council. 
(2) REQUIRED MEMBERS.—The members of the 
Council shall include the following: 
(A) The Secretary of Defense (or the Sec-
retary’s designee).
(B) The Secretary of Labor (or the Sec-
retary’s designee). 
(C) The Director of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency (or the Director’s 
designee). 
(D) The Director of the National Insti-
tutes of Health (or the Director’s designee). 
(E) The Director of the National Institute 
for Occupational Safety and Health (or the Di-
rector’s designee). 
(F) A representative of the Crime Victims 
Fund established under section 1402 of the Vic-
tims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601). 
(3) INVITEES.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall invite the following individuals 
to serve as members of the Council: 
(A) The Governor of the State of New 
York (or the Governor’s designee). 
(B) The Mayor of New York City (or the 
Mayor’s designee). 
(C) 1 representative of the New York City 
Fire Department. 
(D) 2 representatives of the unions of New 
York City Fire Department employees.
(E) 1 representative of the New York City 
Police Department. 
(F) 2 representatives of the unions of New 
York City Police Department employees. 
(G) 1 representative of the police depart-
ment of the Port Authority of New York and 
New Jersey. 
(H) 2 representatives of the union of the 
police department of the Port Authority of New 
York and New Jersey. 
(I) 1 representative of the New York State 
Department of Health. 
(J) 1 representative of the New York State 
Workers’ Compensation Board. 
(K) 1 representative of the New York City 
Department of Health. 
(L) 1 representative of the New York City 
Office of Emergency Management. 
(M) 1 representative of the Association of 
Occupational and Environmental Clinics. 
(N) 1 representative of the New York 
Committee for Occupational Safety and Health 
(NYCOSH). 
(O) 1 representative of charitable organiza-
tions that had volunteers at Ground Zero.