IV 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1061 
Requesting the Department of Health and Human Services to outline the 
Federal Government’s responsibilities, taking into account the responsibil-
ities and actions of the State and local governments, to support a 
program for medically monitoring and treating all individuals who were 
exposed to the toxins of Ground Zero on 9/11. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2006 
Mr. FOSSELLA (for himself and Mrs. MALONEY) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Requesting the Department of Health and Human Services 
to outline the Federal Government’s responsibilities, tak-
ing into account the responsibilities and actions of the 
State and local governments, to support a program for 
medically monitoring and treating all individuals who 
were exposed to the toxins of Ground Zero on 9/11. 
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, D.C.; 
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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•HRES 1061 IH 
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 the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Mi-
chael Leavitt, has appointed Dr. John Howard as the 
Federal coordinator of 9/11 health and has announced a 
task force on 9/11 health; 
Whereas there exists a joint responsibility on the part of the 
Federal, State, and local governments serving affected 
populations to address the health needs of rescue and re-
covery workers who responded to Ground Zero on 9/11; 
and 
Whereas the passage of five years since September 11, 2001, 
has provided concrete medical evidence of continued and 
persistent health effects: Now, therefore, be it 
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Resolved, That the House of Representatives requests 
the Department of Health and Human Service— 
(1) to outline the Federal Government’s respon-
sibilities, taking into account the responsibilities and 
actions of the State and local governments, to sup-
port a program for medically monitoring and treat-
ing all individuals who were exposed to the toxins of 
Ground Zero on 9/11; and 
(2) to submit the outline to Congress and the 
President as quickly as practical. 
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