Pub. L. 109-148, div. B, tit. V, sec. 5011
Pub. L. 109-148, div. B, tit. V, sec. 5011
Sec. 5011. (a) In addition to the amounts provided elsewhere in this Act, $50,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Department of Labor, to remain available until expended, for payment to the New York State Uninsured Employers Fund for reimbursement of claims related to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States and for reimbursement of claims related to the first response emergency services personnel who were injured, were disabled, or died due to such terrorist attacks.(b) In addition to the amounts provided elsewhere in this Act, $75,000,000 is hereby appropriated to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to remain available until expended, for purposes related to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States. In expending such funds, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall: (1) give first priority to existing programs that administer baseline and follow-up screening, clinical examinations, or long-term medical health monitoring, analysis, or treatment for emergency services personnel or rescue and recovery personnel, as coordinated by the Mount 119 STAT. 2815 Sinai Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine of New York City, the New York City Fire Department’s Bureau of Health Services and Counseling Services Unit, the New York City Police Foundation’s Project COPE, the Police Organization Providing Peer Assistance of New York City, and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s World Trade Center Health Registry; and (2) give secondary priority to similar programs coordinated by other entities working with the State of New York and New York City.(c) Each amount appropriated in this section is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006.