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HRES 1031 109th Congress House

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…

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 ex… Show full official titleShow less

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.

Introduced: September 26, 2006 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Oct 2, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sep 21, 2006
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sep 21, 2006
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 2, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 3 Republican 1 Independent 1
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Sep 28, 2006
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Sep 28, 2006
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Sep 26, 2006
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Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Sep 26, 2006
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Sep 26, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). 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. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HRES-1031/
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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, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HRES-1031/.
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H. Res. 1031, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HRES-1031/.
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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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HRES-1031/)
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