H.R. 2574 118th Congress House

EMS Counts Act

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: July 6, 2023 See on congress.gov

Labor and Employment Census and government statisticsCongressional oversightEmergency medical services and trauma careFires

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Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps

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Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Sep 19, 2024

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 588.

Sep 19, 2024

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 118-694.

Jul 10, 2024

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 42 - 0.

Jul 10, 2024

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

Apr 10, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Apr 10, 2023

Introduced in House

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Latest action September 19, 2024

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 588.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

EMS Counts Act

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 separately account for firefighters who also serve as paramedics or emergency medical technicians (EMTs). Specifically, the classification system must include the following detailed occupations: