Fire Fighters and EMS Employer-Employee Cooperation Act
Latest action · Apr 15, 2021 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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.
- IntroducedApr 15, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Fire Fighters and EMS Employer-Employee Cooperation Act
This bill requires the Federal Labor Relations Authority to determine whether a state substantially provides fire and emergency medical services (EMS) personnel
- the right to form and join a labor organization;
- recognition by fire and EMS employers of the employees' labor organization, agreement to bargain with the organization, and reduction of any agreements to writing in a contract or memorandum of understanding;
- the right to bargain over hours, wages, and terms and conditions of employment; and
- arbitration or other mechanisms to resolve an impasse in collective bargaining negotiations.
The bill makes the authority responsible for (1) determining the appropriateness of units for labor representation; (2) supervising elections; (3) conducting hearings and resolving complaints of unfair labor practices; and (4) protecting the right of employees to form, join, or assist any labor organization, or to refrain from doing so.
An employer, fire and EMS personnel, or labor organization may not engage in a lockout, sickout, work slowdown, strike, or any other organized job action that will measurably disrupt the delivery of emergency services and is designed to compel an employer, fire and EMS personnel, or labor organization to agree to the terms of a proposed contract.
Cosponsors 212
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 15, 2021 to Nov 7, 2022, with 11 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | Apr 15, 2021 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Apr 15, 2021 |
| D-IN | Frank J. Mrvan | Original | Apr 15, 2021 |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Original | Apr 15, 2021 |
| D-NC | Kathy E. Manning | Original | Apr 15, 2021 |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Original | Apr 15, 2021 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Apr 15, 2021 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Apr 15, 2021 |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Original | Apr 15, 2021 |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Original | Apr 15, 2021 |
| D-NM | Teresa Leger Fernandez | Original | Apr 15, 2021 |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | Apr 16, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Apr 30, 2021 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Apr 30, 2021 | |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Apr 30, 2021 | |
| R-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Apr 30, 2021 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Apr 30, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | May 7, 2021 | |
| D-IA | Cynthia Axne | May 7, 2021 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | May 7, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | May 7, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Marie Newman | May 7, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | May 7, 2021 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | May 7, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | May 7, 2021 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | May 12, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | May 12, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | May 12, 2021 | |
| R-IL | Mike Bost | May 12, 2021 | |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | May 14, 2021 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | May 14, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | May 14, 2021 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | May 14, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | May 14, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | May 14, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | May 20, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | May 20, 2021 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | May 20, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | May 20, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | May 20, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | May 25, 2021 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | May 25, 2021 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| R-NY | Tom Reed | Jun 4, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Jun 15, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jun 15, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Cheri Bustos | Jun 15, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Jun 15, 2021 | |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Jun 17, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Jun 17, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Conor Lamb | Jun 17, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Jun 17, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jun 17, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Jun 17, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Jun 24, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Jun 24, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Jun 24, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Jun 24, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Jun 24, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Jun 24, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Jun 24, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Jun 24, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Jun 24, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Jul 1, 2021 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jul 1, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Jul 1, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Jul 1, 2021 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Jul 1, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Jul 1, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Jul 1, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Jul 1, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Jul 1, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Jul 9, 2021 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Jul 9, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | Jul 9, 2021 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Jul 9, 2021 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Jul 9, 2021 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Jul 16, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Jul 16, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Lauren Underwood | Jul 16, 2021 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Jul 26, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Jul 26, 2021 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Jul 26, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Jake Auchincloss | Aug 6, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Aug 6, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Aug 6, 2021 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Aug 17, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Aug 17, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Aug 17, 2021 | |
| D-CO | Jason Crow | Aug 31, 2021 | |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Aug 31, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Aug 31, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Sep 17, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Sep 17, 2021 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Sep 28, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Sep 28, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Sep 28, 2021 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Sep 28, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Sep 28, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Oct 5, 2021 | |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Oct 5, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Oct 5, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Oct 5, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Oct 8, 2021 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Oct 8, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Oct 8, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Oct 12, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Oct 19, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Oct 19, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | Oct 19, 2021 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Oct 19, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Oct 19, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Oct 19, 2021 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Oct 19, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Oct 19, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | Oct 19, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Oct 19, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Oct 19, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Oct 19, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Oct 19, 2021 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Oct 21, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Oct 21, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Tom O'Halleran | Oct 21, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Nov 1, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Nov 1, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Nov 1, 2021 | |
| R-NY | John Katko | Nov 1, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Nov 1, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Nov 1, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | Nov 1, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Norma J. Torres | Nov 1, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Nov 1, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Nov 1, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Haley M. Stevens | Nov 15, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Nov 15, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Nov 15, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Nov 19, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Colin Z. Allred | Nov 19, 2021 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Nov 19, 2021 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Nov 19, 2021 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Nov 19, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Nov 19, 2021 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Nov 19, 2021 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Nov 19, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Nov 19, 2021 | |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Dec 2, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Hakeem S. Jeffries | Dec 2, 2021 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Dec 2, 2021 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Dec 2, 2021 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Dec 2, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Dec 2, 2021 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Dec 9, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Dec 9, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Dec 9, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Dec 14, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Dec 14, 2021 | |
| R-MO | Ann Wagner | Jan 6, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Jan 6, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Jan 6, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Jan 25, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Jan 25, 2022 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Feb 3, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Charlie Crist | Feb 15, 2022 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Feb 15, 2022 | |
| R-MI | Fred Upton | Feb 15, 2022 | |
| D-VA | Jennifer Wexton | Feb 15, 2022 | |
| D-OR | Kurt Schrader | Feb 15, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Feb 15, 2022 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Feb 15, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Antonio Delgado | Feb 18, 2022 | |
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | Feb 18, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Feb 18, 2022 | |
| D-HI | Kaiali'I Kahele | Feb 18, 2022 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Feb 18, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Feb 18, 2022 | |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Feb 25, 2022 | |
| R-NY | Nicole Malliotakis | Feb 25, 2022 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Feb 25, 2022 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Feb 25, 2022 | |
| R-FL | Carlos A. Gimenez | Mar 3, 2022 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Mar 3, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Mar 3, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Tom Malinowski | Mar 3, 2022 | |
| D-VA | Elaine G. Luria | Mar 9, 2022 | |
| D-TX | Joaquin Castro | Mar 9, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Mar 9, 2022 | |
| R-MO | Sam Graves | Mar 9, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Mar 9, 2022 | |
| D-ME | Jared F. Golden | Mar 18, 2022 | |
| R-FL | Maria Elvira Salazar | Mar 18, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Mar 28, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Mar 28, 2022 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Mar 28, 2022 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Mar 28, 2022 | |
| D-OH | Shontel M. Brown | Mar 28, 2022 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Mar 28, 2022 | |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Mar 28, 2022 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Apr 21, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | May 10, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | May 10, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | May 10, 2022 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Jun 7, 2022 | |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | Jul 15, 2022 | |
| D-VA | A. Donald McEachin | Sep 13, 2022 | |
| D-AZ | Greg Stanton | Sep 15, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Sep 15, 2022 | |
| D-MO | Cori Bush | Oct 25, 2022 | |
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | Oct 28, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Nov 7, 2022 | |
| D-MD | Kweisi Mfume | Nov 7, 2022 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 15, 2021Introduced in House
- Apr 15, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2178 | Fire Fighters and EMS Employer-Employee Cooperation Act | Related bill | Jun 22, 2021 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Administrative remedies
- Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
- Civil actions and liability
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Federal Labor Relations Authority
- Federal preemption
- Fires
- First responders and emergency personnel
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Health personnel
- Labor and Employment
- Labor-management relations
- State and local government operations
Text 1
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- Apr 15, 2021Introduced in House
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