S 2971
117th Congress
Senate
Labor and Employment
Census and government statistics
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Government information and archives
Health personnel
EMS Counts Act of 2021
Introduced: October 7, 2021
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 7, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Oct 7, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
EMS Counts Act of 2021
This bill requires the Department of Labor, in collaboration with the Office of Management and Budget, 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 separately account for firefighters who also serve as paramedics or emergency medical technicians. Specifically, the classification system must include the following detailed occupations:
- Firefighters;
- Firefighter/EMTs;
- Firefighter/Paramedics; and
- Firefighters, All Other.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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