Volunteer Firefighter and EMS Personnel Job Protection Act
Latest action · Nov 7, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 29, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Volunteer Firefighter and EMS Personnel Job Protection Act - Prohibits any person from being terminated, demoted, or discriminated against in the terms or conditions of employment because the employee is absent or late as a result of responding as a volunteer firefighter or performing volunteer emergency medical services. Limits applicable absences to 14 days per calendar year.
Allows employers to: (1) withhold the employee's regular pay for such time as the employee is absent; and (2) request the employee to provide written verification from the supervising Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), state, or local official that such employee responded in an official capacity at a specified time and date.
Requires such an employee to make a reasonable effort to notify his or her employer that he or she may be absent or late.
Gives such an employee a private cause of action for discrimination which violates this Act.
Cosponsors 69
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 29, 2005 to Nov 13, 2006; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | Sep 29, 2005 |
| R-PA | Curt Weldon | Original | Sep 29, 2005 |
| D-NJ | Robert E. Andrews | Original | Sep 29, 2005 |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Oct 18, 2005 | |
| R-AL | Mike Rogers | Oct 18, 2005 | |
| R-CO | Joel Hefley | Oct 20, 2005 | |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Oct 20, 2005 | |
| R-TX | Ralph M. Hall | Oct 20, 2005 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Oct 28, 2005 | |
| D-AR | Mike Ross | Oct 28, 2005 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Nov 2, 2005 | |
| R-MT | Denny Rehberg | Nov 2, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Nov 2, 2005 | |
| D-TN | Harold E. Ford Jr. | Nov 2, 2005 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Nov 2, 2005 | |
| R-LA | Rodney Alexander | Nov 2, 2005 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Nov 2, 2005 | |
| R-NY | Sherwood Boehlert | Nov 2, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Silvestre Reyes | Nov 2, 2005 | |
| D-GA | Cynthia A. McKinney | Nov 7, 2005 | |
| D-MN | James L. Oberstar | Nov 7, 2005 | |
| R-MI | John J.H. "Joe" Schwarz | Nov 7, 2005 | |
| R-OH | Paul E. Gillmor | Nov 7, 2005 | |
| R-MN | Jim Ramstad | Nov 10, 2005 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Nov 10, 2005 | |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | Nov 10, 2005 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Nov 15, 2005 | |
| R-MD | Roscoe G. Bartlett | Nov 15, 2005 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Nov 18, 2005 | |
| D-OH | Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Nov 18, 2005 | |
| R-FL | Katherine Harris | Dec 6, 2005 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Feb 1, 2006 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Feb 1, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Feb 1, 2006 | |
| D-OK | Dan Boren | Feb 1, 2006 | |
| D-IL | Jerry F. Costello | Feb 1, 2006 | |
| R-CT | Rob Simmons | Feb 1, 2006 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Feb 1, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Feb 15, 2006 | |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | Feb 15, 2006 | |
| R-WI | Thomas E. Petri | Mar 2, 2006 | |
| D-TN | Bart Gordon | Mar 29, 2006 | |
| D-TX | Solomon P. Ortiz | Apr 5, 2006 | |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Apr 6, 2006 | |
| R-MI | Fred Upton | Apr 6, 2006 | |
| D-MA | Barney Frank | Apr 25, 2006 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Apr 25, 2006 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Apr 25, 2006 | |
| R-KY | Geoff Davis | Apr 25, 2006 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Apr 25, 2006 | |
| R-AL | Jo Bonner | Apr 25, 2006 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Apr 25, 2006 | |
| D-OH | Ted Strickland | Apr 25, 2006 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Apr 25, 2006 | |
| R-MN | John Kline | Apr 27, 2006 | |
| D-HI | Neil Abercrombie | Apr 27, 2006 | |
| R-NY | John M. McHugh | May 3, 2006 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | May 4, 2006 | |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | May 4, 2006 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | May 4, 2006 | |
| R-VA | Jo Ann Davis | May 10, 2006 | |
| D-TX | Charles A. Gonzalez | May 17, 2006 | |
| D-GA | John Barrow | May 17, 2006 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | May 17, 2006 | |
| R-NC | Patrick T. McHenry | Jun 26, 2006 | |
| R-PA | Melissa A. Hart | Jul 11, 2006 | |
| D-IN | Peter J. Visclosky | Jul 17, 2006 | |
| D-NC | Brad Miller | Jul 20, 2006 | |
| R-NJ | Frank A. LoBiondo | Nov 13, 2006 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Sep 29, 2005 |
| Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee | Referred Nov 7, 2005 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 7, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
- Sep 29, 2005Introduced in House
- Sep 29, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2399 | Volunteer Firefighter and EMS Personnel Job Protection Act | Related bill | Mar 9, 2006 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To protect volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services personnel responding to national emergencies from termination or demotion in their places of employment.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Volunteer Firefighter and EMS Personnel Job Protection Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Civil actions and liability
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Damages
- Disaster relief
- Disasters
- Disciplining of employees
- Discrimination in employment
- Dismissal of employees
- Emergency Management
- Employee rights
- Employers' liability
- Fire fighters
- Fringe benefits
- Health
- Hurricane aftermath legislation
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Paramedical personnel
- Seniority in employment
- Social Welfare
- Volunteer workers
- Wage restitution
- Wages
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 29, 2005Introduced in House
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