‘‘(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. 
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‘‘(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 2007 through 2026, 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 
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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 
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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 2007 through 2010, 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 
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‘‘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. 
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(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: 
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(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. 
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(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. 
(P) 10 representatives of labor unions in 
New York City that— 
(i) are not otherwise listed in this 
paragraph; and 
(ii) reflect a cross section of labor 
unions (including construction, municipal, 
and other labor unions) whose members re-
sponded to, or assisted with the cleanup 
resulting from, the attacks of September 
11, 2001. 
(Q) 5 representatives of nonprofit volun-
teer entities that assisted in recovery efforts fol-
lowing the terrorist attacks of September 11, 
2001. 
(R) 5 representatives of a regional occupa-
tional provider that— 
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(i) works with the World Trade Cen-
ter Worker and Volunteer Medical Screen-
ing Program; and 
(ii) is under the direction of the 
Mount Sinai Center for Occupational and 
Environmental Medicine. 
(c) ADVISORY OPINIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
the Council may render an advisory opinion on the 
scope of any obligation of the Federal Government 
resulting from the terrorist attacks of September 11, 
2001, relative to any obligation of an insurance com-
pany resulting from such attacks. 
(2) LIMITATION.—The Council may issue an 
advisory opinion described in this subsection only at 
the request of a party to one of the obligations in-
volved. 
(d) MEETINGS.—The Council shall meet not less than 
4 times each calendar year. 
(e) REPORTS.—Not less than once each calendar 
year, the Council shall submit to the Congress a report 
on the recommendations of the Council. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
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such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
2007 through 2016. 
SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There 
are 
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated 
$1,900,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2007 
through 2012 for carrying out section 317T of the Public 
Health Service Act (as added by section 4(a) of this Act), 
section 4(b) of this Act, section 409J of the Public Health 
Service Act (as added by section 5 of this Act), and section 
6 of this Act. Such authorization of appropriations is in 
addition to any other authorizations of appropriations 
available for carrying out any of such sections. 
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