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HR 8592 116th Congress House

EMS Counts Act of 2020

Official title: To require the Secretary of Labor to revise the Standard Occupational Classification System to accurately count the number of emergency medical services practitioners in the United States.

Introduced: October 13, 2020 See on congress.gov
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This bill died when the 116th Congress ended
It never became law before the 116th Congress (2019–2020) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Oct 13, 2020
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 Latest action October 13, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

EMS Counts Act of 2020

This bill requires the Department of Labor to revise the broad description under the occupational series 33-2011 Firefighters of the 2018 Standard Occupational Classification System of the Bureau of Labor Statistics to include the following detailed occupations:

  • Firefighters;
  • Firefighter/EMTs;
  • Firefighter/Paramedics; and
  • Firefighters, All Other.
 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2354 Reintroduced Bill EMS Counts Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8592: EMS Counts Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8592/
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"H.R. 8592: EMS Counts Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8592/.
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H.R. 8592, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8592/.
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