Full Text of HR0414 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, On September 11, 2001, enemy terrorist action | 3 | | destroyed the World Trade Center in
New York City; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Over 63,000 first responders assembled at the site | 5 | | of the World Trade Center to provide
emergency assistance under | 6 | | unimaginable conditions; the wreckage of the building | 7 | | contained large
quantities of toxic substances which have had, | 8 | | and will continue to have, significant effects upon the
health | 9 | | status and quality of life of many of these first responders; | 10 | | and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Approximately 170 of these 9/11 first responders | 12 | | currently reside in Illinois; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, A federal law, the James Zadroga Act, oversees | 14 | | health care and compensation to all on
this list of 63,000 and | 15 | | their survivors; this Act authorizes operation of the World | 16 | | Trade Center
Health Program for medical monitoring and | 17 | | treatment and the September 11th Victim Compensation
Fund | 18 | | provides compensation for economic damages and loss to | 19 | | responders and survivors; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Under the James Zadroga Act, 33,000 first | 21 | | responders have been diagnosed with 9/11-related medical |
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| 1 | | conditions, 10,549 claimants have been determined to be | 2 | | eligible for compensation,
7,800 persons have been classified | 3 | | as having been injured at the 9/11 site, compensation decisions
| 4 | | have been made for 4,415 persons, and well more than $1 billion | 5 | | has been paid out; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, These figures are expected to increase in future | 7 | | years due to health diagnoses arising
from exposure to 9/11 | 8 | | conditions; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Despite these needs, the World Trade Center Health | 10 | | Program will sunset in October
of 2015 and the September 11th | 11 | | Victim Compensation Fund will sunset in October of 2016; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, United States Senators Mark Kirk of Illinois, | 13 | | Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Chuck Schumer of New York, and | 14 | | Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, have joined as bipartisan lead | 15 | | co-sponsors of the James
Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation | 16 | | Reauthorization Act; this reauthorization act will extend the
| 17 | | lifespan of these vital programs and will add additional | 18 | | research into the diagnosis and treatment of
9/11-related | 19 | | health conditions; therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 21 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 22 | | call upon the United States Congress to take prompt action to |
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| 1 | | reauthorize the
James Zadroga 9/11 family of programs and to | 2 | | fully fund these programs; and be it further | 3 | | RESOLVED, That we commend Senators Mark Kirk, Kirsten | 4 | | Gillibrand, Chuck Schumer, and Lisa
Murkowski for their | 5 | | bipartisan sponsorship of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and | 6 | | Compensation
Reauthorization Act; and be it further | 7 | | RESOLVED, That we recognize other federal Senators and | 8 | | members of the United States House of
Representatives, who are | 9 | | also showing their support for these 63,000 first responders; | 10 | | and be it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate, the | 13 | | Speaker of the House of the U.S. House of Representatives, and | 14 | | each member of the Illinois Congressional Delegation.
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