First Responders And Emergency Personnel
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Protecting America’s First Responders Act [HB-2812]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Veterans ]
[Disabilities ]
[Healthcare ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 with respect to payments to certain public safety officers who have become permanently and totally disabled as a result of personal injuries sustained in the line of duty, and for other purposes.
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A bill to amend section 327 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to clarify that National Urban Search and Rescue Response System task forces may include Federal employees. [S.1521]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to specify that National Urban Search and Rescue Response System task forces may include federal employees.
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Back the Blue Act of 2019 [S.1480]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
A bill to protect law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.
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Fire Police Fairness Act [HB-2709]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Veterans ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Pensions ]
[Disabilities ]
Includes additional firefighters within the definition of "public safety officer" for purposes of death, disability, and education benefits under the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program. Specifically, it includes as a public safety officer a firefighter whose primary duty during an emergency response is to secure the scene or manage traffic.
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Supporting the goals and ideals of a National Move Over Law Day. [HR-373]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
This resolution expresses support for the goals and ideals of a National Move Over Law Day and urges the National Towing Foundation to spread awareness of, and adherence to, state move over laws.
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To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue guidance on minimizing the use of firefighting foam containing PFAS, and for other purposes. [HB-2638]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
[Water ]
[Science ]
[Public Safety ]
Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to issue guidance on minimizing first responders' use of equipment (e.g., foam used to fight fires) that contains perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly referred to as PFAS. These substances are man-made and may have adverse human health effects. A variety of products contain the compounds, such as nonstick cookware or weatherproof clothing.
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Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act [S.1394]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Addresses the rights of public safety officers or employees to form and join a labor organization and to participate in certain organized job actions. The bill requires the Federal Labor Relations Authority (NLRA) to determine whether a state substantially provides public safety officers or employees the right to form and join a labor organization; recognition by public safety 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;
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Search and Rescue Dog Protection Act [HB-2623]
[Animals ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Requires search and rescue dogs to be treated in the same manner as service animals in the event of a federally declared major disaster or emergency.
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Prevent BLEEDing Act of 2019 Prevent Blood Loss with Emergency Equipment Devices Act of 2019 [HB-2550]
[Public Safety ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Healthcare ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Health ]
Authorizes the use of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) grant funds for certain anti-blood loss purposes. Specifically, a grant under the Urban Area Security Initiative or the State Homeland Security Grant Program may be used to purchase or distribute anti-blood loss supplies (tourniquets, gauze, dressings, or other appropriate materials) for use in medical emergencies in places where people gather; to provide training on the proper use of anti-blood loss supplies to enhance public safety; or to make grants to an eligible entity for such purposes.
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Putting First Responders First Act [HB-2560]
[Taxes ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Pensions ]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Modifies the requirements for calculating taxable income to allow first responders to exclude from gross income certain service-connected disability payments received as part of a pension or annuity. The bill applies to law enforcement officers, firefighters, paramedics, and emergency medical technicians.
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Putting First Responders First Act [S.1278]
[Taxes ]
[Pensions ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Retirement ]
[Veterans ]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Modifies the requirements for calculating taxable income to allow first responders to exclude from gross income certain service-connected disability payments received as part of a pension or annuity after reaching the age of retirement. The bill applies to law enforcement officers, employees in fire protection activities, and individuals who provide out-of-hospital emergency medical care.
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Expressing support for designation of October 28 as "Honoring the Nation's First Responders Day". [HCR-37]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
This concurrent resolution supports the designation of Honoring the Nation's First Responders Day.
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A concurrent resolution expressing support for the designation of October 28, 2019, as "Honoring the Nation's First Responders Day". [SCR-15]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
This resolution supports the designation of October 28, 2019, as Honoring the Nation's First Responders Day.
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What You Can Do For Your Country Act [HB-2441]
[Student Loans ]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 in order to improve the public service loan forgiveness program, and for other purposes.
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Kerrie Orozco First Responders Family Support Act [HB-2378]
[Immigration ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Human Services ]
[Veterans ]
Establishes that a surviving spouse, child, or parent of a U.S. citizen public safety officer may be naturalized at the time of the officer's death if the death was caused by an injury incurred or aggravated by the officer's employment. The individual may be naturalized upon compliance with the relevant immigration law requirements, except that no prior residence or specified U.S. physical presence shall be required. A surviving spouse seeking naturalization must have been living in marital union with the officer at the time of death. Public safety
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911 SAVES Act Supporting Accurate Views of Emergency Services Act of 2019 [S.1015]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requires the Office of Management and Budget, by 30 days after the bill's enactment, to categorize public safety telecommunicators as a protective service occupation under the Standard Occupational Classification System.
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Protecting America's First Responders Act [S.1208]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Veterans ]
[Disabilities ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Healthcare ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 with respect to payments to certain public safety officers who have become permanently and totally disabled as a result of personal injuries sustained in the line of duty, and for other purposes.
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Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Act of 2019 [S.1210]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Modifies the tax exclusion for tax benefits and qualified payments provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical providers by a state or local government to (1) increase the dollar limitation for qualified payments, and (2) make the tax exclusion permanent. (Under current law, the exclusion expired at the end of 2010.)
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A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1715 Linnerud Drive in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, as the "Fire Captain Cory Barr Post Office Building". [S.1196]
[Community Development ]
[Public Safety ]
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1715 Linnerud Drive in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, as the "Fire Captain Cory Barr Post Office Building."
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What You Can Do For Your Country Act [S.1203]
[Student Loans ]
[Education ]
[Funding ]
A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 in order to improve the public service loan forgiveness program, and for other purposes.