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S 4821 116th Congress Senate Emergency Management Disaster relief and insurance Electric power generation and transmission First responders and emergency personnel

A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to clarify that utility line technicians qualify as emergency response providers.

Introduced: October 20, 2020 Introduced by: Kennedy, John Republican · Louisiana See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Oct 20, 2020
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill specifies that utility line technicians responding to a major disaster or emergency qualify as emergency response providers.

What's happening now October 20, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4821: A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to clarify that utility line technicians qualify as emergency response providers.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4821/
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"S. 4821: A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to clarify that utility line technicians qualify as emergency response providers.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4821/.
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S. 4821, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4821/.
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