Summary: Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Latin Americans of Japanese Descent Act - Establishes the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Latin Americans of Japanese descent. Directs the Commission to: (1) extend the study of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians to investigate U.S. relocation, internment, and (in some cases) deportation to Axis countries of Latin Americans of Japanese descent held in U.S. custody from December 1941 through February 1948; and (2) recommend appropriate remedies to Congress based on preliminary findings by the original Commission and new discoveries. Terminates the Commission 90 days after submission of its report to Congress (as required by this Act). Authorizes appropriations.

Civil rights and liberties, minority issues

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Summary: Requires the Comptroller General to develop and implement a systematic process to: (1) review audits by Inspectors General or external auditors of executive agency and government corporation programs, projects, and activities funded through earmarks; and (2) conduct annually an appropriate number of Government Accountability Office (GAO) audits of such earmark-funded programs, projects, and activities. Requires the Comptroller General to report to Congress on the results of: (1) audits of executive agency and government corporation financial statements by Inspector Generals or external auditors which were then submitted to GAO; (2) GAO reviews of such audits; and (3) annual GAO audits of earmark-funded agency programs, projects, and activities. Revises audit requirements for nonfederal entities that expend federal awards totaling at least $300,000 or another amount specified by the Director of the General Assistance Administration. Requires submission to the Comptroller General of the results of all executive agency and government corporation audits of earmark-funded programs, projects, or activities.

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Summary: St. Augustine 450th Commemoration Commission Act of 2009 - Establishes the St. Augustine 450th Commemoration Commission to plan and execute programs and activities to commemorate the 450th anniversary of the founding of St. Augustine, Florida.

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Summary: Responsible Government Empowerment Act of 2009 - Establishes the Federal Agency Sunset Commission to review and report to Congress on the efficiency and public need for each federal agency, recommending abolishment or reorganization. Provides for relocation of federal employees if their agency is abolished. Directs the Comptroller General and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), in cooperation with the Director of the Congressional Research Service (CRS), to prepare an inventory of federal programs within each agency. Makes it out of order in both chambers to consider any measure making supplemental appropriations for two or more unrelated emergencies. Sets forth points of order against consideration of: (1) reported supplemental appropriations legislation and conference reports containing undesignated emergency spending; or (2) such legislation if the accompanying report or joint statement of managers, as applicable, is noncompliant with such requirement. Requires the report accompanying legislation that provides budget authority for any emergency to identify specified budget authority and outlay requirements, including certain justifications. Sets forth points of order against reporting legislation or considering conference reports making supplemental appropriations that contain earmarks. Requires the congressional budget committees to report legislation: (1) establishing discretionary spending limits for at least each of the three years beginning at least 90 calendar days after such bill is reported; and (2) providing that such limits shall be enforeceable through presidential sequestration orders. Sets forth points of order against consideration of legislation that authorizes a program, project, or activity without setting forth a specific dollar amount for such authorization. Requires every measure reported by a congressional committee that authorizes a program, project, or activity to include a General Accounting Office (GAO) statement describing the degree to which such authorization is duplicative of an existing authorization. Requires all legislation considered by Congress to include a CBO estimate of the costs which would be incurred in carrying out such legislation for a specified period. Requires a recorded vote in both chambers on final passage of any legislation that authorizes the appropriations of more than $75 million for up to five fiscal years.

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Summary: Protecting Patients and Health Care Act of 2009 - Nullifies the regulations issued by the Secretary of Health and Human Services regarding conscience clause protections for health care workers and facilities.

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Summary: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Establishes use-it-or-lose-it requirements for grantees using funds in specified accounts who have not entered into contracts or other binding commitments and used 50% of the funds awarded. Provides for redistribution of such uncommitted funds by the appropriate federal agency.Makes all funds appropriated by this Act available for obligation through FY2010, unless expressly provided otherwise.Makes additional appropriations to specified federal agency and departmental Offices of Inspector General.Appropriates additional amounts to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Prohibits the use of funds for: (1) casino or other gambling establishments, aquariums, zoos, golf courses, or swimming pools; or (2) a project for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public building or public work unless all of the iron and steel used in the project is domestic, except in certain circumstances.Designates each amount in this Act as an emergency requirement, necessary to meet certain emergency needs in accordance with the FY2008-FY2009 congressional budget resolutions.Prohibits the use of funds to enter into a contract with an entity that does not participate in the E-verify program of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.Requires publication on the website Recovery.gov of: (1) all federal agency plans for using funds made available in this Act, as well as all related grant announcements; and (2) all federal, state, or local agency public notices regarding funds obligated to particular infrastructure investments.Prescribes review and reporting requirements for inspectors general of federal departments or executive agencies, the GAO, and the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers.Establishes the Recovery Act Accountability and Transparency Board, which shall establish the Recovery.gov website.Places limitations on the length of certain noncompetitive contracts.Grants the Comptroller General and the Offices of Inspector General access to certain contractors' or subcontractors' records or employees.Prohibits reprisals against state and local government and contractor whistleblowers.Makes supplemental appropriations for FY2009 to: (1) the Department of Agriculture; (2) the Department of Commerce; (3) the Department of Justice (DOJ); (4) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); (5) the National Science Foundation; (6) the Department of Defense (DOD); (7) the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers - Civil; (8) the Department of the Interior; and (9) the Department of Energy.Makes additional appropriations for FY2009 to the Secretary of Agriculture to provide a temporary increase in benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to repeal the limitation of the afterschool feeding program for at-risk children to eight states. Requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to develop and maintain a map showing where broadband service is deployed and available in each state.Authorizes NTIA to award grants for wireless deployment and broadband deployment.Makes technical corrections to the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.Revises requirements with respect to smart grid regional demonstration initiatives.Instructs the Secretary of Energy to establish a smart grid information clearinghouse.Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct the Secretary to make loan guarantees for rapid deployment before FY2012 of renewable energy and electric power transmission projects.Amends the Hoover Power Plant Act of 1984 to authorize the Western Area Power Administration to borrow funds from the Treasury for: (1) new or upgraded electric power transmission lines and related facilities; and (2) the delivery of power generated by renewable energy resources after enactment of this Act.Amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act to increase the income eligibility level for the Weatherization Assistance Program, as well as the maximum amount of financial assistance.Makes additional borrowing authority available to the Bonneville Power Administration.Instructs the Secretary to include specified analyses within the 2009 National Electric Transmission Congestion Study.Appropriates funds for: (1) the General Services Administration (GSA) for the Federal Buildings Fund and the acquisition of energy-efficient motor vehicles; and (2) the Small Business Administration (SBA) for small business loan programs.Permits the SBA to guarantee up to 95% of qualifying small business loans made by eligible lenders. Authorizes the SBA to establish: (1) the SBA Secondary Market Lending Authority; and (2) the SBA Secondary Market Guarantee Authority. Authorizes the SBA to refinance: (1) SBA and non-SBA loans made to small businesses; and (2) loans made under the SBA's local development business loan program. Provides increased SBA loan leverage and investment limits.Makes supplemental appropriations for FY2009 to: (1) the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); (2) the Department of the Interior; (3) the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); (4) the Department of Agriculture; (5) the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); (6) the Smithsonian Institution; (7) the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities; (8) the National Endowment for the Arts; and (9) the Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration.Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to extend employment eligibility confirmation pilot programs (including the E-Verify basic pilot program).Directs the Commissioner of Social Security and the Secretary of Homeland Security to enter into a fiscal year agreement to provide funds to the Commissioner for the full costs of such programs in quarterly advances.Requires GAO studies regarding: (1) erroneous tentative nonconfirmations under the E-Verify program; and (2) the effects of such program on small entities.Amends the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act to revise the exclusion from the meaning of "employee in the recreational marine industry" of any individuals employed to repair a recreational vessel or to dismantle any part of it in connection with its repair.Establishes a Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research.Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to invest in the infrastructure necessary to allow for and promote the electronic exchange and use of health information for each individual in the United States, consistent with the goals outlined in the Strategic Plan developed by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.Makes supplemental appropriations available to the Department of Education for: (1) education of the disadvantaged; (2) impact aid; (3) school improvement programs; (4) innovation and improvement activities; (5) special education; (6) rehabilitation services and disability research; (7) certain student financial assistance programs, as well as federal administrative expenses for such programs; (8) teacher quality partnership grants; (9) the Institute of Education Sciences; and (10) school modernization, renovation, and repair.Sets the maximum individual Pell Grant amount at $4,860 for award year 2009-2010.Establishes grant programs for the modernization, renovation, and repair of: (1) public elementary and secondary school facilities; and (2) higher education facilities that are primarily used for instruction, research, or student housing.Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to increase the amount authorized and appropriated for Pell Grants for FY2009-FY2010.Increases annual and aggregate student loan limits under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program.Alters, on a temporary basis, the formula for calculating special allowance payments made to FFEL lenders to compensate them for the difference between FFEL interest rates and market rates.Makes supplemental appropriations for FY2009 to: (1) the Corporation for National and Community Service; (2) the National Service Trust; (3) the Social Security Administration (SSA); (4) the DOD; (5) the Department of Veterans Affairs; (6) the Department of State; (7) the Department of Transportation; and (8) the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).Sets forth maintenance of effort and reporting requirements for a state or its agency awarded funds appropriated in this Act for a covered program.Establishes loan limits for calendar 2009 for: (1) the Federal Housing Administration (FHA); (2) the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae); (3) the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac); and (4) the FHA reverse mortgage.Establishes a State Stabilization Fund which the Secretary of Education is to use to provide grants to states: (1) to restore state funding for elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education; (2) to supplement school improvement funds provided to local educational agencies (LEAs) under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; and (3) for public safety and other government services. Reserves a portion of such Fund for: (1) awarding grants to states that make significant progress in addressing inequities in teacher distribution, establishing longitudinal education data systems, and improving educational assessments; and (2) establishing an Innovation Fund to award states, LEAs, and schools that make significant progress in closing student achievement gaps.Bars the use of such Fund to provide financial assistance to students to attend private elementary or secondary schools.

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Summary: James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 - Title I: World Trade Center Health Program - (Sec. 101) Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the World Trade Center Health Program (WTC Program) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide: (1) medical monitoring and treatment benefits to eligible emergency responders and recovery and cleanup workers (including those who are federal employees) who responded to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks; and (2) initial health evaluation, monitoring, and treatment benefits to residents and other building occupants and area workers in New York City who were directly impacted and adversely affected by such attacks. Includes within the WTC Program: (1) medical monitoring, including clinical examinations and long-term health monitoring and analysis for enrolled WTC responders who were likely to have been exposed to airborne toxins that were released, or to other hazards, as a result of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks; (2) initial health evaluation, including an evaluation to determine eligibility for follow-up monitoring and treatment; (3) follow-up monitoring and treatment and payment for all medically necessary health and mental health care expenses of an individual with respect to a WTC-related health condition, including necessary prescription drugs; (4) establishment of an education and outreach program to potentially eligible individuals concerning the benefits under this Act; (5) collection and analysis of health and mental health data relating to individuals receiving monitoring or treatment benefits in a uniform manner in collaboration with the collection of epidemiological data; and (6) establishment of a research program on health conditions resulting from the terrorist attacks. Provides monitoring and treatment benefits and initial health evaluation benefits without any cost sharing to an enrolled WTC responder or certified-eligible WTC survivor and provides initial health evaluation benefits without any cost sharing to a screening-eligible WTC survivor. Requires the Inspector General of HHS to develop and implement a program to review: (1) the WTC Program's health care expenditures to detect fraudulent or duplicate billing and payment for inappropriate services; and (2) the WTC Program for unreasonable administrative costs, including with respect to infrastructure, administration, and claims processing. Requires the WTC Program Administrator to: (1) develop and implement a quality assurance program for the monitoring and treatment delivered by Clinical Centers of Excellence and other participating health care providers; (2) submit an annual report to Congress on the operations of this Act for the fiscal year and for the entire period of operation of the WTC Program; and (3) engage in outreach and consultation with relevant stakeholders regarding the implementation and improvement of programs under this Act. Requires the Secretary to notify Congress when enrollments in the WTC Program reach a specified threshold. Directs the WTC Program Administrator to: (1) establish the WTC Health Program Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee to review scientific and medical evidence and to make recommendations to the Administrator on additional WTC Program eligibility criteria and on additional WTC-related health conditions; and (2) consult with the WTC Responders Steering Committee and the WTC Survivors Steering Committee. Requires the WTC Program Administrator to: (1) institute an education and outreach program on the existence and availability of services under the WTC Program; and (2) provide for the uniform collection and analysis of data on the prevalence of WTC-related health conditions and the identification of new WTC-related health conditions. Requires such data to be collected for all individuals provided monitoring or treatment benefits under this Act. Requires the Administrator to enter into contracts with Clinical Centers of Excellence to provide: (1) monitoring and treatment benefits and initial health evaluation benefits; (2) outreach activities to individuals eligible for monitoring and treatment benefits, for initial health evaluations benefits, and for follow-up to individuals who are enrolled in the monitoring program; (3) counseling for benefits, with respect to WTC-related health conditions for eligible individuals; (4) counseling for benefits for WTC-related health conditions that may be available under workers' compensation or other benefits programs for work-related injuries or illnesses, health insurance, disability insurance, or other insurance plans or through public or private social service agencies; (5) translational and interpretive services for program participants who are not English language proficient; and (6) data collection and reporting, including claims data. Requires the Administrator to enter into contracts with qualified data centers to: (1) receive, analyze, and report to the Administrator on data that have been collected and reported by Clinical Centers of Excellence; (2) develop monitoring, initial health evaluation, and treatment protocols; (3) coordinate outreach activities; (4) establish criteria for the credentialing of medical providers participating in the nationwide network of providers; (5) coordinate and administer the activities of the WTC Health Program Steering Committees; and (6) meet periodically with the corresponding Clinical Centers of Excellence to obtain input on the analysis and reporting of data collected and on the development of protocols. Directs the Comptroller General to submit to the relevant congressional committees a report on the feasibility of consolidating data centers into a single data center. Sets forth requirements for Clinical Centers of Excellence, including that such Centers have experience in caring for WTC responders and screening-eligible WTC survivors or have health care providers who have been trained for such care. Requires the Administrator to reimburse a Clinical Center of Excellence for the fixed infrastructure costs of carrying out activities under this Act. Prohibits the Secretary from designating the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health or a designee of such Director as the Administrator with respect to payment for initial health evaluation, monitoring, and treatment. Defines and sets forth eligibility requirements for WTC Responders. Establishes a limitation on the number of eligible WTC responders who may be enrolled in the WTC Program. Disqualifies any individual on the terrorist watch list from eligibility as a WTC Responder. Requires the WTC Program to provide monitoring benefits for enrolled WTC responders, including long-term health monitoring and analysis. Sets forth provisions governing the treatment of WTC responders for WTC-related health conditions. Defines "WTC-related health condition" and lists such health conditions for WTC-responders. Establishes standards for determining whether the terrorist attacks are responsible for a particular health condition. Requires the Administrator to conduct a periodic review of all available scientific and medical evidence to determine if cancer or a certain type of cancer should be added to the applicable list of WTC-related health conditions. Establishes: (1) a process for determinations as to whether to include additional health conditions on the list of WTC-related health conditions; and (2) a certification process for determinations that an enrolled WTC responder has a WTC-related health condition or a condition medically associated with a WTC-related health condition. Directs the Administrator to: (1) reimburse costs for medically necessary treatment for WTC-related health conditions but not at a rate higher than the Office of Worker's Compensation Programs in the Department of Labor would pay; (2) establish a program for paying for the medically necessary outpatient prescription pharmaceuticals prescribed for such conditions; and (3) reimburse the costs of monitoring and the costs of an initial health evaluation. Directs the Comptroller General to report to specified congressional committees as to whether existing federal pharmaceutical purchasing programs can provide pharmaceutical benefits more efficiently and effectively than the WTC Program. Requires the Data Centers to develop medical treatment protocols for the treatment of enrolled WTC responders and certified-eligible WTC survivors for health conditions included in the applicable list of WTC-related health conditions. Provides that such protocols are subject to approval by the Administrator. Requires the WTC Program Administrator to establish a nationwide network of health care providers to provide monitoring and treatment benefits and initial health evaluations to ensure reasonable access to benefits for individuals who are enrolled WTC responders, screening-eligible WTC survivors, or certified-eligible WTC survivors who reside in a state outside the New York metropolitan area. Authorizes the Administrator to enter into an agreement for the provision of services through the facilities of the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA). Directs the Comptroller General to report to specified congressional committees on whether the VA can provide monitoring and treatment services to individuals more efficiently and effectively than the nationwide network of providers established under this Act. Defines "screening-eligible WTC survivor" and establishes eligibility criteria for such survivors. Limits the total number of individuals who may be certified-eligible WTC survivors. Disqualifies any individual on the terrorist watch list from eligibility as a survivor. Requires the WTC Program to provide for an initial health evaluation to determine if a screening-eligible WTC survivor has a WTC-related health conditions and is eligible for follow-up monitoring and treatment benefits under the WTC Program. Lists WTC-related health conditions for certified-eligible WTC survivors. Allows follow-up monitoring and treatment for individuals not otherwise qualified who have been diagnosed with a WTC-related health condition. Limits the amount of benefits that may be provided to all such individuals for any fiscal year. Requires the cost of monitoring and treatment benefits and initial health evaluation benefits to be paid for by the WTC Program from the World Trade Center Health Program Fund. Requires payment for such treatment to be reduced or recouped for work-related conditions to the extent that the Administrator determines the payment has been made or can reasonably be expected to be made under a workers compensation law or plan. Makes the WTC Program a secondary payor for individuals with a public or private health plan. Prohibits payment for monitoring and treatment for individuals who fail to maintain minimum essential coverage, as required. Requires New York City to pay 10% of the costs for the WTC Program through FY2015 and one-ninth of the federal expenditures for FY2016. Requires the WTC Program Administrator to conduct or support: (1) research on physical and mental health conditions that may be related to the terrorist attacks; (2) research on diagnosing WTC-related health conditions in the case of conditions for which there has been diagnostic uncertainty; and (3) research on treating such conditions of such individuals in the case of conditions for which there has been treatment uncertainty. Requires the Administrator to ensure that a registry of victims of the terrorist attacks is maintained. Establishes the World Trade Center Health Program Fund, with funding for the last calendar quarter of FY2011 and for FY2012-FY2015 and additional funding for FY2016 equal to unexpended amounts for previous fiscal years. Sets forth provisions regarding the allocation of such Fund. Title II : September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 - (Sec. 201) Amends the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act to revise provisions related to the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund of 2001. Makes individuals eligible for compensation under the Compensation Fund for harm as a result of debris removal. Extends the deadline for making a claim for compensation for physical harm not discovered before the original deadline. (Sec. 204) Caps liability for claims related to debris removal based on the level of insurance available. Allows compensation for claims to be reduced as necessary if insufficient funds are available to pay all claims. Prohibits any declaratory judgment or direct action from being commenced until available funds have been exhausted. (Sec. 205) Terminates the Compensation Fund upon completion of all payments. Authorizes the Special Master to lower attorney fees if the fee limit provides excessive compensation for services rendered. Title III: Revenue Related Provisions - (Sec. 301) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose on any foreign person a tax equal to 2% of the amount of any payment received pursuant to a contract with the U.S. government for the provision of goods or services, if such goods are manufactured or produced or such services are provided in any country that is not a party to an international procurement agreement with the United States. Requires the head of each executive agency to take measures necessary to ensure that no funds are disbursed to any foreign contractor in order to reimburse the tax imposed under this title. Title IV: Budgetary Effects - (Sec. 401) Provides for compliance of the budgetary effects of this Act with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.

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necessary prescription drugs establishment education outreach program potentially eligible individuals concerning benefits act collection analysis health mental health data relating individuals receiving monitoring treatment benefits uniform manner collaboration collection epidemiological data establishment research program health conditions resulting terrorist attacks provides monitoring treatment benefits initial health evaluation benefits cost sharing enrolled wtc responder certified eligible wtc survivor provides initial health evaluation benefits cost sharing screening eligible wtc survivor requires inspector_general hhs develop implement program review wtc program health_care expenditures detect fraudulent duplicate billing payment inappropriate services wtc program unreasonable administrative costs including respect infrastructure administration claims processing requires wtc program administrator develop implement quality assurance program monitoring treatment delivered clinical centers_of_excellence participating health_care providers submit annual report congress operations act fiscal year entire period operation wtc program engage outreach consultation relevant stakeholders implementation improvement programs act requires secretary notify congress enrollments wtc program reach specified threshold directs wtc program administrator establish wtc health program scientific technical advisory_committee review scientific medical evidence recommendations administrator additional wtc program eligibility criteria additional wtc related health conditions consult wtc responders steering committee wtc survivors steering committee requires wtc program administrator institute education outreach program existence availability services wtc program provide uniform collection analysis data prevalence wtc related health conditions identification new wtc related health conditions requires data collected individuals provided monitoring treatment benefits act requires 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conditions rate higher office worker compensation programs department_of_labor pay establish program paying medically necessary outpatient prescription pharmaceuticals prescribed conditions reimburse costs monitoring costs initial health evaluation directs comptroller_general report specified congressional committees existing federal pharmaceutical purchasing programs provide pharmaceutical benefits efficiently effectively wtc program requires data centers develop medical treatment protocols treatment enrolled wtc responders certified eligible wtc survivors health conditions included applicable list wtc related health conditions provides protocols subject approval administrator requires wtc program administrator establish nationwide network health_care providers provide monitoring treatment benefits initial health evaluations ensure reasonable access benefits individuals enrolled wtc responders screening eligible wtc survivors certified eligible wtc survivors reside state outside new_york metropolitan area authorizes administrator enter agreement provision services facilities department veteran affairs directs comptroller_general report specified congressional committees provide monitoring treatment services individuals efficiently effectively nationwide network providers established act defines screening eligible wtc survivor establishes eligibility criteria survivors limits total number individuals certified eligible wtc survivors disqualifies individual terrorist watch list eligibility survivor requires wtc program provide initial health evaluation determine screening eligible wtc survivor wtc related health conditions eligible follow monitoring treatment benefits wtc program lists wtc related health conditions certified eligible wtc survivors allows follow monitoring treatment individuals qualified diagnosed wtc related health condition limits benefits provided individuals fiscal year requires cost monitoring treatment benefits initial health evaluation benefits paid wtc program world_trade_center health program fund requires payment treatment reduced work related conditions extent administrator determines payment reasonably expected workers compensation law plan makes wtc program secondary payor individuals public private health plan prohibits payment monitoring treatment individuals fail maintain minimum essential coverage required requires new_york_city pay costs wtc program fy2015 ninth federal expenditures fy2016 requires wtc program administrator conduct support research physical mental health conditions related terrorist attacks research diagnosing wtc related health conditions case conditions diagnostic uncertainty research treating conditions individuals case conditions treatment uncertainty requires administrator ensure registry victims terrorist attacks maintained establishes world_trade_center health program fund funding calendar quarter fy2011 fy2012 fy2015 additional funding fy2016 equal unexpended amounts previous fiscal years sets forth provisions allocation fund title september 11th victim compensation fund sec amends air_transportation_safety_and_system_stabilization_act revise provisions related september victim compensation fund makes individuals eligible compensation compensation fund harm result debris removal extends deadline making claim compensation physical harm discovered original deadline sec caps liability claims related debris removal based level insurance available allows compensation claims reduced necessary insufficient funds available pay claims prohibits declaratory judgment direct action commenced available funds exhausted sec terminates compensation fund completion payments authorizes special master lower attorney fees fee limit provides excessive compensation services rendered title iii revenue related provisions sec amends_the_internal_revenue_code impose foreign person tax equal payment received pursuant contract government provision goods services goods manufactured produced services provided country party international procurement agreement united_states requires head executive agency measures necessary ensure funds disbursed foreign contractor order reimburse tax imposed title title budgetary effects sec provides compliance budgetary effects act statutory pay act