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HR 3626 118th Congress House Emergency Management Emergency medical services and trauma care Employment and training programs First responders and emergency personnel Licensing and registrations State and local government operations

EMS Act

Introduced: May 24, 2023 Introduced by: Thompson, Bennie G. Democratic · Mississippi See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
May 25, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
May 24, 2023
Introduced in House
May 24, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Emergency Management Support Act or the EMS Act

This bill establishes additional eligibility requirements to receive emergency management performance grants.

Specifically, to be eligible to receive a grant, a state must require local emergency management directors to successfully complete Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provided baseline emergency management training developed in accordance with the National Incident Management System by one year after this bill's enactment and recurrently at an interval determined by FEMA to strengthen local emergency management capacity.

Further, a state must submit certifications to FEMA annually regarding compliance. A state that cannot certify that all local emergency management directors have completed the training must submit a certification that includes (1) an identification of all barriers to achieving the baseline emergency management training requirement, and (2) an approach to overcoming the barriers identified with an anticipated timeline for full compliance.

What's happening now May 25, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Carter, Troy A.
Louisiana · May 24, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3626: EMS Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-3626/
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"H.R. 3626: EMS Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-3626/.
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H.R. 3626, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-3626/.
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