(13) 1 representative of charitable organizations 
that had volunteers at Ground Zero. 
(14) 20 representatives of labor unions reflect-
ing a cross section of workers who responded to, or 
assisted in the cleanup resulting from, the attack on 
the World Trade Center, including New York City 
police, fire, and other municipal employees, Port Au-
thority of New York and New Jersey police, State 
and Federal employees, construction employees, and 
employees involved in the resumption of services. 
(15) 20 representatives of community organiza-
tions that reflect a cross section of the concerns of 
residents, office workers, and students. 
(16) 5 representatives of nonprofit volunteer 
entities that assisted in recovery efforts following the 
terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. 
(17) 5 representatives of a regional occupa-
tional provider that— 
(A) works with the World Trade Center 
Worker and Volunteer Medical Screening Pro-
gram; and 
(B) is under the direction of the Mount 
Sinai Center for Occupational and Environ-
mental Medicine. 
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SEC. 203. MEETINGS. 
The Council shall meet not less than 4 times each 
calendar year. 
SEC. 204. REPORTS. 
Not less than once each calendar year, the Council 
shall submit to the Congress a report on the recommenda-
tions of the Council. 
SEC. 205. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
For the purpose of carrying out this title, there are 
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2026. 
TITLE III—SEPTEMBER 11 VIC-
TIM COMPENSATION FUND OF 
2001 
SEC. 301. DEADLINE EXTENSION FOR CERTAIN CLAIMS 
UNDER SEPTEMBER 11 VICTIM COMPENSA-
TION FUND OF 2001. 
Section 405(a)(3) of the Air Transportation Safety 
and System Stabilization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) LIMITATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided by 
subparagraph (B), no claim may be filed under 
paragraph (1) after December 22, 2003. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTIONS.—A claim may be filed 
under paragraph (1) by an individual (or by a 
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personal representative on behalf of a deceased 
individual)— 
‘‘(i) during the 5-year period after the 
date of enactment of this subparagraph, if 
the Special Master determines that the in-
dividual— 
‘‘(I) did not know that the indi-
vidual had suffered physical harm as 
a result of the terrorist-related air-
craft crashes of September 11, 2001, 
until after December 22, 2003, and 
before the date of the enactment of 
this subparagraph; 
‘‘(II) did not for any reason 
other than as described in subclause 
(I) know that the individual was eligi-
ble to file a claim under paragraph 
(1) until after December 22, 2003; 
‘‘(III) 
suffered 
psychological 
harm as a result of the terrorist-re-
lated aircraft crashes; or 
‘‘(IV) in the case of an individual 
who had previously filed a claim under 
this title, suffered a significantly 
greater 
physical 
harm 
than 
was 
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known to the individual as of the date 
the claim was filed and did not know 
the full extent of the physical harm 
suffered as a result of the terrorist-re-
lated aircraft crashes until after the 
date on which the claim was filed and 
before the date of enactment of this 
subparagraph; and 
‘‘(ii) during the 5-year period after 
the date that the individual— 
‘‘(I) first knew that the indi-
vidual had suffered physical or psy-
chological harm as a result of the ter-
rorist-related aircraft crashes of Sep-
tember 11, 2001, if the Special Mas-
ter determines that the individual did 
not know that the individual had suf-
fered such physical or psychological 
harm until a date that is on or after 
the date of enactment of this subpara-
graph; or 
‘‘(II) in the case of an individual 
who had previously filed a claim under 
this title and had suffered a signifi-
cantly greater physical harm than was 
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known to the individual as of the date 
the claim was filed, or had suffered 
psychological harm as a result of the 
terrorist-related crashes, first knew 
the full extent of the physical and psy-
chological harm suffered as a result of 
the terrorist-related aircraft crashes, 
if the Special Master determines that 
the individual did not know the full 
extent of the harm suffered until a 
date that is on or after the date of the 
enactment of this subparagraph.’’. 
SEC. 302. EXCEPTION TO SINGLE CLAIM REQUIREMENT IN 
CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. 
Section 405(c)(3)(A) of the Air Transportation Safe-
ty and System Stabilization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(A) SINGLE CLAIM.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Except as pro-
vided by clause (ii), not more than 1 claim 
may be submitted under this title by an in-
dividual or on behalf of a deceased indi-
vidual. 
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—A second claim 
may be filed under subsection (a)(1) by an 
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individual (or by a personal representative 
on behalf of a deceased individual) if the 
individual is an individual described in ei-
ther of clauses (i)(IV) or (ii)(II) of sub-
section (a)(3)(B).’’. 
SEC. 303. ELIGIBILITY OF CLAIMANTS SUFFERING FROM 
PSYCHOLOGICAL HARM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 405(c)(2)(A)(ii) of the Air 
Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act (49 
U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended by inserting ‘‘, psycho-
logical harm,’’ before ‘‘or death’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
405(a)(2)(B)(i) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘phys-
ical harm’’ and inserting ‘‘physical or psychological 
harm’’. 
SEC. 304. IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH DEFINED. 
Section 402 of the Air Transportation Safety and 
System Stabilization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(11) IMMEDIATE
AFTERMATH.—In section 
405(c)(2)(A)(i), the term ‘immediate aftermath’ 
means any period of time after the terrorist-related 
aircraft crashes of September 11, 2001, as deter-
mined by the Special Master, that was sufficiently 
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close in time to the crashes that there was a demon-
strable risk to the claimant of physical or psycho-
logical harm resulting from the crashes, including 
the period of time during which rescue, recovery, 
and cleanup activities relating to the crashes were 
conducted.’’. 
TITLE IV—PROGRAMS OF THE 
NEW 
YORK 
CITY 
DEPART-
MENT OF HEALTH AND MEN-
TAL HYGIENE 
SEC. 401. WORLD TRADE CENTER HEALTH REGISTRY. 
(a) PROGRAM EXTENSION.—For the purpose of en-
suring on-going data collection for victims of the Sep-
tember 11 terrorist attacks in New York City, the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services, acting through the 
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of 
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall ex-
tend and expand the arrangements in effect as of January 
1, 2007, with the New York City Department of Health 
and Mental Hygiene that provide for the World Trade 
Center Health Registry. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated 
such sums as may be necessary. 
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SEC. 402. MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. 
(a) GRANTS.—The Secretary of Health and Human 
Services may make grants to the New York City Depart-
ment of Health and Mental Hygiene to provide mental 
health services to address the mental health needs of 
qualified individuals relating to the terrorist attacks that 
occurred on September 11, 2001, in New York City. 
(b) QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘qualified individual’’ means an individual who re-
sides in the New York City metropolitan area, but is not 
a covered individual described in section 317T(b) of the 
Public Health Service Act, as added by section 101 of this 
Act. 
Æ 
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