S.Amdt. 3547

SA 3547, submitted by Mrs. Gillibrand and Mr. Schumer, aims to modify the funding and reporting requirements for the World Trade Center Health Program. It proposes adding a section regarding funding for this program to the end of subtitle F of title X of bill S. 2296.

The amendment seeks to change the following:

• Funding Formulas: It amends the Public Health Service Act to adjust how funding is determined for fiscal years 2026 through 2090. This includes multiplying previous fiscal year amounts by 1.07 and applying a ratio based on the number of individuals enrolled in the program.

• Fiscal Year Adjustments: It specifies funding amounts for fiscal year 2025 and fiscal year 2026, including options for the 2026 amount to be the greater of a previously determined amount or the previous year's expenditures increased by 25 percent.

• Technical Amendments: It mandates that remaining amounts in the Supplemental Fund, Special Fund, and Pentagon/Shanksville Fund revert to the Treasury.

• Reporting: It requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to submit a report to Congress within 3 years. This report must include:

  • Budgetary needs projections through fiscal year 2090.
  • A review of program modeling from 2017 up to the year before the report is issued.
  • An assessment of projected expenditures through fiscal year 2090.
  • Recommendations to change the funding formula to fully offset anticipated expenditures through fiscal year 2090.