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H.Res. 1515

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Recognizing New Jersey's first responders, including its law enforcement officers, firefighters, and emergency medical personnel, who responded to the September 11, 2001, attacks at the World Trade Center and who carried out the rescue, recovery, and medical relief efforts in the days and months that followed.
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Latest Action · September 8, 2026
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Congress
119th (2025–2027)
Introduced
September 8, 2026
Cosponsors (11)
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This resolution honors New Jersey's first responders, including police officers, firefighters, and emergency medical personnel, who responded to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. The bill recognizes their crucial roles in rescue and recovery efforts, including managing the largest waterborne evacuation in history that transported approximately 500,000 people across the Hudson River to safety, and operating triage centers to treat the wounded. New Jersey Task Force 1, a statewide urban search and rescue team, deployed to Ground Zero to search the rubble for survivors and the fallen, while law enforcement secured critical infrastructure connecting New Jersey and New York. The resolution also acknowledges that New Jersey suffered more resident casualties on September 11 than any state except New York and that many first responders have since suffered or died from 9/11-related illnesses. The House reaffirms its federal commitment to the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund to support affected individuals.

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