EMS Counts Act
Latest action · Sep 19, 2024 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 588.
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 10, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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:
- Firefighters;
- Firefighter/EMTs;
- Firefighter/Paramedics; and
- Firefighters, All Other.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 10, 2023 to Aug 9, 2024; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Apr 10, 2023 |
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Original | Apr 10, 2023 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Jul 6, 2023 | |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Dec 22, 2023 | |
| R-NY | Marcus J. Molinaro | Dec 22, 2023 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Aug 9, 2024 |
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 Apr 10, 2023Markup Jul 10, 2024Reported Sep 19, 2024 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 19, 2024Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 118-694.
- Sep 19, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 588.
- Jul 10, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jul 10, 2024Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 42 - 0.
- Apr 10, 2023Introduced in House
- Apr 10, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Aug 13, 2024H.R. 2574, EMS Counts ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on July 10, 2024
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 61, April 10, 2023, page H1719.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1115 | EMS Counts Act of 2023 | Related bill | Mar 30, 2023 |
| HR 2354 | EMS Counts Act | Reintroduction of | Apr 1, 2021 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- EMS Counts Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- EMS Counts Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 19, 2024Reported in House
- Apr 10, 2023Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
