[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1515 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1515

     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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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 8, 2026

 Mr. Gottheimer (for himself, Mr. Norcross, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Conaway, 
Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Kean, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Pou, 
    Mrs. McIver, Ms. Mejia, and Mrs. Watson Coleman) submitted the 
     following resolution; which was 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

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                               RESOLUTION


 
     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.

Whereas first responders from New Jersey, including police officers, 
        firefighters, and emergency medical technicians, rushed toward the 
        September 11, 2001, attacks at the World Trade Center while others fled 
        to safety;
Whereas New Jersey's waterfront received the largest waterborne evacuation in 
        history, as ferries, tugboats, and rescue vessels carried an estimated 
        500,000 people across the Hudson River to safety, and New Jersey first 
        responders established triage centers along the waterfront to treat the 
        wounded;
Whereas New Jersey Task Force 1, the State's urban search and rescue team 
        managed by the New Jersey State Police and drawn from all 21 counties, 
        deployed to Ground Zero and searched the rubble around the clock for 
        survivors and the fallen, while New Jersey law enforcement officers 
        helped secure the tunnels, bridges, and rail crossings linking New 
        Jersey to New York;
Whereas New Jersey lost more residents on September 11, 2001, than any State 
        other than New York; and
Whereas the first responders have carried the toll forward, with many suffering 
        and dying from 9/11-related illnesses in the years since: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) recognizes the law enforcement officers, firefighters, 
        and emergency medical personnel of New Jersey 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;
            (2) honors their service and sacrifice;
            (3) remembers those who have died, including from 9/11-
        related illnesses since; and
            (4) reaffirms the Federal commitment to the World Trade 
        Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim 
        Compensation Fund.
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