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113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5503 
To reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 
11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 17, 2014 
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York (for herself, Mr. NADLER, Mr. 
KING of New York, Mr. MAFFEI, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. 
GRIMM, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. OWENS, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New 
York, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of 
New York, Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. 
MENG, Mr. GIBSON, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. TONKO, Mr. PAL-
LONE, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. NEAL, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. HOLT, Mr. GRI-
JALVA, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. SIRES, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Ms. NORTON, Ms. 
SHEA-PORTER, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. LYNCH, 
Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. CONNOLLY, and Mr. HIMES) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget and 
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 reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program 
and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 
2001, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘James Zadroga 9/11 
Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZING THE WORLD TRADE CENTER 
HEALTH PROGRAM. 
(a) WORLD TRADE CENTER HEALTH PROGRAM 
FUND.—Section 3351 of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 300mm–61) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘2012’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘2011)’’ and inserting 
‘‘2015 through 2041’’; and 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (A) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) the Federal share, consisting of— 
‘‘(i) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2015, 
$431,000,000; and 
‘‘(ii) for each fiscal year thereafter 
through fiscal year 2041, the amount spec-
ified under this subparagraph for the pre-
vious fiscal year increased by the percent-
age increase in the medical care component 
of the consumer price index for all urban 
consumers as estimated by the Secretary 
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for the 12-month period ending with 
March of the previous fiscal year; plus’’; 
and 
(B) by striking paragraph (4) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(4) AMOUNTS FROM PRIOR FISCAL YEARS.— 
Amounts that were deposited, or identified for de-
posit, for any fiscal year preceding fiscal year 2015, 
under paragraph (2)(A)(ii)(I), as such paragraph 
was in effect on the day before the date of enact-
ment of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Com-
pensation Reauthorization Act, that were not ex-
pended in carrying out this title for any such fiscal 
year, shall remain deposited, or be deposited, as the 
case may be, into the Fund. 
‘‘(5) AMOUNTS TO REMAIN AVAILABLE UNTIL 
EXPENDED.—Amounts deposited into the Fund 
under this subsection shall remain available until ex-
pended.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘sections 
3302(a)’’ and all that follows through ‘‘3342’’ and 
inserting 
‘‘sections 
3301(e), 
3301(f), 
3302(a), 
3302(b), 
3303, 
3304, 
3305(a)(1), 
3305(a)(2), 
3305(c), 3341, and 3342’’; and 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
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(A) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ‘‘con-
sumer price index for all urban consumers (all 
items; United States city average)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘medical care component of the consumer 
price index for all urban consumers’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(ii) in subparagraph (C)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘for each subse-
quent fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for 
each of fiscal years 2013 through 
2014’’; and 
(II) by striking the period and 
inserting a semicolon; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(D) for fiscal year 2015, $200,000; and 
‘‘(E) for each subsequent fiscal year, the 
amount specified under this paragraph for the 
previous fiscal year increased by the percentage 
increase in the consumer price index for all 
urban consumers (all items; United States city 
average) as estimated by the Secretary for the 
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12-month period ending with March of the pre-
vious year.’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(ii) in subparagraph (C)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘for each subse-
quent fiscal year’’ and inserting ‘‘for 
each of fiscal years 2013 through 
2016’’; and 
(II) by striking the period and 
inserting a semicolon; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(D) for fiscal year 2017, $15,000,000; 
and 
‘‘(E) for each subsequent fiscal year, the 
amount specified under this paragraph for the 
previous fiscal year increased by the percentage 
increase in the consumer price index for all 
urban consumers (all items; United States city 
average) as estimated by the Secretary for the 
12-month period ending with March of the pre-
vious year.’’. 
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(b) REGULATIONS.—Section 3301 of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300mm) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) REGULATIONS.—The WTC Program Adminis-
trator is authorized to promulgate such regulations as the 
Administrator determines necessary to administer this 
title.’’. 
(c) CLINICAL CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE AND DATA 
CENTERS.—Section 3305 of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 300mm–4) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting ‘‘and 
retention’’ after ‘‘outreach’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A)— 
(i) in clause (i), by inserting before 
the semicolon ‘‘, including data on the 
evaluation of any new WTC-related health 
conditions 
identified 
under 
section 
3304(a)’’; and 
(ii) in clause (iii), by inserting ‘‘and 
retention’’ after ‘‘outreach’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(1)(B)(vi), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 3304(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3304(d)’’. 
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