Congressman Pete King

Rep. King Hails 9/11 Health & Compensation Act

See below for details on the proposed legislation…

H.R. 847, the 9/11 Health and Compensation Act in the 111th Congress
Co-Sponsored by Congressman Pete King

• 16,000 responders and 2,700 community members are sick and receiving treatment.
• Over 40,000 responders are currently in medical monitoring and 71,000 individuals are enrolled in the WTC Health Registry.
• There are 9/11 responders living in every state and in all but 4 congressional districts.
• A study in 2002 found that 90% of firefighters working at the WTC had a cough, nasal congestion, chest tightness, and/or chest burning and 87% had new onset gastroesophageal reflux disease.
• One year post-collapse, 23% of FDNY responders who had been heavily exposed to WTC dust had persistent lung dysfunction compared to 11% of moderately exposed and 4% unexposed.

The 9/11 Health and Compensation Act would do the following:

• Establish the World Trade Center Health Program to provide medical monitoring and treatment for WTC-related conditions to WTC responders and community members.
• Establish a medical monitoring and treatment program for WTC responders and a medical monitoring/screening and treatment program for the community.
• Provide monitoring and treatment for WTC responders.
• Provide treatment and monitoring for eligible community members.
• Reopen the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund (VCF): The fund would be reopened until December 22, 2031 to provide compensation for economic damages and loss for individuals who did not file before or became ill after the original December 22, 2003 deadline.