The Senate approved a measure that pumps $676 million into the financially troubled 9/11 health care fund providing medical care for first responders and others affected by the 2001 terror attacks.
The amendment is modeled on the bipartisan 9/11 Responder and Survivor Health Funding Correction Act of 2023, which was introduced earlier this year by a bipartisan group of lawmakers and 9/11 health program advocates, responders and survivors.
A portion of the funding — $200 million — expands eligibility to 9/11 responders at the Pentagon and Shanksville, Pa. sites.It was reauthorized in 2015 and extended through 2090. The bipartisan measure — pushed by New York Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer — is expected to clear the House of Representatives and be approved by President Biden.But the funding is not enough to keep pace with the anticipated costs of providing the program’s services for over 120,000 9/11 responders and survivors, who hail from all 50 states.
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