[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1031 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1031

  Requesting the Department of Health and Human Services to develop a 
  plan for a comprehensive and permanent program to medically monitor 
 individuals who were exposed to the toxins of 9/11 Ground Zero in New 
York City and to provide medical treatment for all such individuals who 
            are sick as a result of exposure to the toxins.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 21, 2006

Mr. Fossella (for himself, Mrs. Maloney, Mrs. McCarthy, Mr. Towns, Mrs. 
 Kelly, Mr. Owens, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Engel, Mr. Serrano, Mr. McCotter, 
    Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr. Grijalva, and Mr. King of New York) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                         on Energy and Commerce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Requesting the Department of Health and Human Services to develop a 
  plan for a comprehensive and permanent program to medically monitor 
 individuals who were exposed to the toxins of 9/11 Ground Zero in New 
York City and to provide medical treatment for all such individuals who 
            are sick as a result of exposure to the toxins.

Whereas on the morning of September 11, 2001, while Americans were attending to 
        their daily routines, terrorists hijacked 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 Center, towers one, two 
        and seven collapsed releasing pulverized materials that are known to 
        cause adverse health effects;
Whereas the World Trade Center Medical Monitoring Program has documented 70 
        percent of screened 9/11 responders have experienced respiratory 
        problems following the attacks and 60 percent continue to experience 
        respiratory problems;
Whereas the New York City Fire Department has documented 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 efforts of the attacks;
Whereas the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Michael Leavitt, has 
        appointed Dr. John Howard as the Federal coordinator of 9/11 health and 
        has announced a task force on 9/11 health to supplement Dr. Howard's 
        work; 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
    Resolved,  That the House of Representatives requests the 
Department of Health and Human Services--
            (1) to develop a plan for a comprehensive and permanent 
        program to medically monitor all individuals who were exposed 
        to the toxins of 9/11 Ground Zero in New York City and to 
        provide medical treatment for all such individuals who are sick 
        as a result of exposure to the toxins, including all rescue, 
        recovery and clean-up workers, all residents, school children, 
        and area workers, and all other individuals who were exposed to 
        the toxins; and
            (2) to submit the plan to the Congress and the President by 
        December 1, 2006.
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