clause (i) or a significantly greater 
harm, described in subclause (III) of 
such clause, the period described in 
this clause is the two-year period be-
ginning on the date the individual 
first acquired such knowledge.’’. 
SEC. 202. 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 
individual (or by a personal representative 
on behalf of a deceased individual) if the 
individual is an individual described in 
clause (i)(II), (i)(III), or (ii)(II) of sub-
section (a)(3)(B).’’. 
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SEC. 203. 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 beginning with the terrorist-re-
lated aircraft crashes of September 11, 2001, and 
ending on July 31, 2002.’’. 
SEC. 204. ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS TO INCLUDE ELIGIBLE 
WTC RESPONDERS AND ELIGIBLE WTC RESI-
DENTS AND OTHER NON-RESPONDERS. 
Section 405(c)(2) of the Air Transportation Safety 
and System Stabilization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ‘‘at the 
World Trade Center, (New York, New York), the 
Pentagon (Arlington, Virginia), or’’and inserting 
‘‘within the New York City disaster area (as defined 
in section 3009 of the Public Health Service Act) or 
any area (such as marine transport stations, barges, 
trucks in transit, and Fresh Kills in Staten Island, 
and including loading, unloading, sorting, and sifting 
areas) at which debris from the former World Trade 
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Center was handled, at the Pentagon (Arlington, 
Virginia), or at’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by inserting ‘‘or 
the handling of such debris’’ after ‘‘such an air 
crash’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (B), at the end by striking 
‘‘or’’; 
(4) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘subpara-
graph (A) or (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A), 
(B), or (C)’’; 
(5) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub-
paragraph (D); and 
(6) by adding after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) an individual who is an eligible WTC 
responder or an eligible WTC resident or other 
non-responder, as defined in sections 3011(a) 
and 3021(a), respectively, of the Public Health 
Service Act; or’’. 
SEC. 205. LIMITED COVERAGE FOR ADDITIONAL INDIVID-
UALS. 
(a) ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUALS.—Section 405(c) of 
the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization 
Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, or is de-
scribed in paragraph (4)’’ before the semicolon at 
the end; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUALS.—An individual 
described in this paragraph is an individual who— 
‘‘(A) is diagnosed at a Clinical Center of 
Excellence (with respect to an eligible WTC 
resident or other non-responder) under title 
XXX of the Public Health Service Act with an 
identified WTC-related health condition for 
residents and or other non-responders; and 
‘‘(B) but for this paragraph would not be 
a claimant described in paragraph (2).’’. 
(b) LIMITATION.—Section 406 of the Air Transpor-
tation and Safety Stabilization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 
note) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(d) LIMITATION ON FUNDING FOR CERTAIN CLAIM-
ANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this title, in the case of claimants de-
scribed in section 405(c)(4)— 
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‘‘(A) the total payments that may be made 
under this title for such claimants shall not ex-
ceed $50,000,000; and 
‘‘(B) no such payment shall be made to 
compensate for items and services for which 
payment is made under title XXX of the Public 
Health Service Act. 
‘‘(2) CRITERIA FOR DISTRIBUTION.—If the Spe-
cial Master determines that the amount provided 
under paragraph (1)(A) is not adequate to pay 
claims under this title for all such claimants, the 
Special Master shall establish criteria for the dis-
tribution of such amount among such claimants.’’. 
SEC. 206. WORLD TRADE CENTER COLLAPSE AND DIS-
ASTER 
RESCUE, 
RECOVERY, 
DEBRIS 
RE-
MOVAL, CLEANUP, REMEDIATION, AND RE-
SPONSE INDEMNIFICATION. 
Section 408 of the Air Transportation and Safety 
Stabilization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) INDEMNIFICATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of Federal, State, local, or other law, the 
United States hereby indemnifies and shall defend 
and hold harmless all contractors and subcontractors 
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