Research regarding certain health conditions related to September 11 terrorist attacks

The WTC Program Administrator shall conduct or support— The research under subsection (a)(1) shall include epidemiologic and other research studies on WTC-related health conditions or emerging conditions— The WTC Program Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, shall establish a research cohort of sufficient size to conduct future research studies on the health and educational impacts of exposure to airborne toxins, or any other hazard or adverse condition, resulting from the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, including on the population of individuals who were 21 years of age or younger at the time of exposure, including such individuals who are screening-eligible WTC survivors or certified-eligible WTC survivors. The research cohort under paragraph (1) may include— individuals who, on September 11, 2001, were 21 years of age or younger and were— in— The WTC Program Administrator shall carry out this section in consultation with the WTC Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee. The privacy and human subject protections applicable to research conducted under this section shall not be less than such protections applicable to research conducted or funded by the Department of Health and Human Services.