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S 4711 117th Congress Senate Environmental Protection

First Responders’ Equipment Access Act

Introduced: August 2, 2022 Introduced by: Tillis, Thomas Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Aug 2, 2022
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

First Responders' Equipment Access Act

This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to revise regulations to exempt from emission standards engines and equipment of certain marine vessels that are owned by emergency response or public safety agencies with responsibility for domestic response or homeland security activities.

What's happening now August 2, 2022

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3319 Related bill First Responders’ Equipment Access Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4711: First Responders’ Equipment Access Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4711/
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"S. 4711: First Responders’ Equipment Access Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4711/.
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S. 4711, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4711/.
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[S. 4711: First Responders’ Equipment Access Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-4711/)
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