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HR 5815 110th Congress House

Skilled Trades Second Responders Act of 2008

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a comprehensive national system for skilled construction workers to assist first responders in disasters.

Introduced: April 22, 2008 See on congress.gov
Emergency Management Construction workersCrime and Law EnforcementDisaster reliefEmergency medicine
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Employee trainingHealthLabor and EmploymentOccupational health and safetyRescue workTerrorism
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Apr 17, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Apr 16, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 16, 2008
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
Apr 16, 2008
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 17, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Skilled Trades Second Responders Act of 2008 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to establish a national program for the training, certification, registration, tracking, and integration of skilled construction workers to assist first responders in responding to disasters, including natural and manmade disasters and terrorist attacks.

Requires the Director to coordinate and consult with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), other relevant agencies, and private organizations, including construction industry contractors, joint labor-management training funds, and building trade unions, that are experienced in providing rescue and recovery assistance to first responders and in the cleanup, demolition, rehabilitation, and reconstruction of disaster sites after recovery operations.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2515 Related bill Skilled Trades Second Responders Act of 2007
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Sherman, Brad
California · Apr 22, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5815: Skilled Trades Second Responders Act of 2008. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5815/
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"H.R. 5815: Skilled Trades Second Responders Act of 2008." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5815/.
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H.R. 5815, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5815/.
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