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S. 1115 118th Congress Senate

EMS Counts Act of 2023

Official title: A bill 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: April 18, 2023 See on congress.gov
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This bill died when the 118th Congress ended
It never became law before the 118th Congress (2023–2024) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Mar 30, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 30, 2023
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action March 30, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

EMS Counts Act of 2023

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 include the following detailed occupations:

  • Firefighters;
  • Firefighter/EMTs;
  • Firefighter/Paramedics; and
  • Firefighters, All Other.
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1 Republican 3
D
Heinrich, Martin
New Mexico · Apr 9, 2024
 R
Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Apr 18, 2023
 R
Risch, James E.
Idaho · Apr 18, 2023
 R
Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Mar 30, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1115: EMS Counts Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1115/
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"S. 1115: EMS Counts Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1115/.
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S. 1115, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-1115/.
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