WASHINGTON—The U.S. House failed to approve legislation that would have reopened a victims compensation fund for emergency responders, cleanup workers and others sickened by materials at the World Trade Center site in New York.

Supporters of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2009—H.R 847—failed to get the two-thirds majority needed to pass the bill without controversial amendments to the measure.

Thursday’s vote eliminated any chance that the measure would be considered before lawmakers left for their August recess.

The bill would have provided $3.2 billion over 10 years for health care costs for those who became sick after being exposed to toxic materials at the site of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. It also would have provided an additional $4.2 billion in compensation for victims during the same period.