S. 2683: 9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act

117th Congress · introduced 2021-08-09 · Health · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Where it came from: introduced 2021-08-09 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act

Plain summary

9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act This bill increases funding for and otherwise modifies a federal program that provides medical monitoring and treatment to responders and survivors who suffer from health conditions related to the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center. Among the changes, the bill allows certain health care providers other than physicians to determine whether an individual's health condition is related to the attacks, and it establishes a research program to study the impacts of the attacks on health and educational outcomes of individuals who were 21 years of age or younger when the attacks occurred.

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Official text

9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] · 13 cosponsors

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Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Jack Reed (D-RI), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] reported raising $3.5 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117s2683.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/s>

Record fed-us-cong117-s2683 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117