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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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.
109th Congress · introduced 2006-09-21 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2006-09-21 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Fossella, Vito [R-NY-13] · what a sponsor is
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Official title
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.
Plain summary
Requests the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop and submit to Congress by December 1, 2006, a plan for a comprehensive and permanent program to: (1) medically monitor all individuals who were exposed to toxins of the 9/11 Ground Zero in New York City; and (2) provide medical treatment for all such individuals who are sick as a result of the toxins.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
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.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Fossella, Vito [R-NY-13] · 35 cosponsors
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Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-109hres1031.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/109/hres>
Record fed-us-cong109-hres1031 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109