$3 billion in WTC health care funding dropped from spending bill

Missing from the 4,155-page omnibus package posted at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday was $3.6 billion to cover a projected funding shortfall, beginning in October 2024, caused by inflation and greater participation than originally projected for the World Trade Center Health Program.

“This is a real disappointment for the injured 9/11 responders and survivors who depend on this program, given the assurances we had received that this would be in the omnibus,” said Ben Chevat, executive director of Citizens for the Extension of the James Zadroga Act.

The massive spending bill to fund federal government operations for the rest of the fiscal year ending next October emerged from intense negotiations and includes $858 billion in defense spending and $772 billion for nondefense discretionary programs. 

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