IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 128 
Urging the Department of Health and Human Services to prepare a long- 
term, comprehensive plan to medically monitor all individuals who were 
exposed to the toxins of Ground Zero following the terrorist attacks 
of 9/11 and to treat all those sick or injured. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 6, 2007 
Mrs. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. FOSSELLA, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. 
TOWNS, Mr. WEINER, Mr. NADLER, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. SMITH of New 
Jersey, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. DENT, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SHAYS, and Mr. 
ISRAEL) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Urging the Department of Health and Human Services to 
prepare a long-term, comprehensive plan to medically 
monitor all individuals who were exposed to the toxins 
of Ground Zero following the terrorist attacks of 9/11 
and to treat all those sick or injured. 
Whereas on the morning of September 11, 2001, while Amer-
icans were attending to their daily routines, terrorists hi-
jacked four civilian aircraft, crashing two of them into 
the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City 
and a third into the Pentagon outside Washington, DC; 
Whereas as a result of the attacks on the World Trade Cen-
ter, towers one, two, and seven collapsed releasing pulver-
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ized materials that are known to cause adverse health ef-
fects; 
Whereas the World Trade Center Medical Monitoring Pro-
gram has documented 70 percent of screened 9/11 re-
sponders have experienced respiratory problems following 
the attacks and 60 percent continue to experience res-
piratory problems; 
Whereas the New York City Fire Department has docu-
mented that, on average, a firefighter who responded to 
the World Trade Center has experienced a loss of 12 
years of lung capacity; 
Whereas the New York City Fire Department and the World 
Trade Center Medical Monitoring Program have both 
documented extensive mental health effects on rescue and 
recovery workers; 
Whereas rescue and recovery workers came from across the 
country to assist in the rescue, recovery, and clean-up ef-
forts of the attacks; 
Whereas area workers, residents, and school children, in addi-
tion to rescue and recovery workers, were exposed to the 
toxins of Ground Zero; 
Whereas current Federal medical monitoring and treatment 
programs exclude area workers, residents, school chil-
dren, and Federal workers; 
Whereas the attacks of September 11, 2001, were attacks on 
the United States, and therefore it is the responsibility 
of the Federal Government to respond; and 
Whereas although Secretary of Health and Human Services 
Michael Leavitt has appointed a seasoned health profes-
sional, Dr. John Howard, as Federal coordinator of 9/11 
health and has formed a task force on 9/11 health led by 
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Assistant Secretary for Health Dr. John Agwunobi, the 
Department of Health and Human Services has still not 
developed a long-term, comprehensive plan to medically 
monitor all individuals who were exposed to the toxins of 
Ground Zero following the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and 
to treat all those made sick or injured by those toxins: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives urges 
the Department of Health and Human Services— 
(1) to develop a long-term, comprehensive plan 
to medically monitor all individuals who were ex-
posed to the toxins of Ground Zero following the ter-
rorist attacks of 9/11 and to treat all those sick or 
injured; and 
(2) to submit the plan to Congress and the 
President as quickly as possible. 
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