First Responders And Emergency Personnel

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US Congress 115th Congress

Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2017 [S.1129] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Military ] [National Security ] [Public Safety ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Healthcare ] [Veterans ] [Budget and Spending ]
Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2017 This bill authorizes: (1) appropriations for the Coast Guard for FY2018-FY2019, and (2) a specified level of end-of-year strength for active duty personnel and military training student loads for such fiscal years. The bill addresses: (1) training for public safety personnel, (2) service member benefits for Coast Guard personnel, (3) contracts to procure three National Security Cutters, and (4) the Coast Guard Reserve Officers' Training Corps Program. The bill revises or sets forth policies relating to the Coast (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bill Nelson Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. Reported By Senator Thune With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 115-89. on 06/05/2017

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Thin Blue Line Act [S.1085] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
Thin Blue Line Act This bill amends the federal criminal code to expand the list of statutory aggravating factors in death penalty determinations to also include killing or targeting a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responder.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 05/10/2017

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First Responders Passport Act of 2017 [HB-2168] [Disaster Relief ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Human Services ] [Public Safety ]
First Responders Passport Act of 2017 This bill amends the Passport Act of 1920 to waive passport fees for an individual who is operating under a contract, grant, or cooperative agreement with the U.S. government, including a volunteer, to aid a foreign country suffering from a qualifying natural disaster. The Department of State shall report to Congress on the number of fee waivers for the issuance of passports to first responders.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Introduced In House on 04/26/2017

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Wildland Firefighter Fairness Act [S.950] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Public Safety ] [Workers' Compensation ] [Veterans ] [Funding ]
Wildland Firefighter Fairness Act This bill requires the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture to work with states and the Workforce Development Committee of the National Wildfire Coordinating Group to merge the Incident Qualification System and the Incident Qualification and Certification System into a single system by September 30, 2025. The Office of Personnel Management shall establish a pilot program for seasonal or temporary federal employees, whose duties primarily involve being a firefighter. This bill allows wildland firefighters (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S2561-2563) on 04/26/2017

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Kerrie Orozco Act [HB-1970] [Immigration ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Human Services ]
Kerrie Orozco Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to declare that the following persons may be naturalized upon compliance with all naturalization requirements, except that no prior residence or specified physical presence within the United States shall be required: a person who is the surviving spouse, child, or parent of a U.S. citizen who died as a result of injury or disease incurred in or aggravated by employment as a first responder; and in the case of such a surviving spouse, the person was living in marital union with (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jamie Raskin Referred To The Subcommittee On Immigration And Border Security. on 05/01/2017

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Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act [HB-1991] [Healthcare ] [Taxes ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude services rendered by bona-fide volunteers providing firefighting and prevention services, emergency medical services, or ambulance services to a state or local government or a tax-exempt charitable organization from the category of services usually rendered by an employee of an applicable large employer subject to the mandate to provide minimum essential health care coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan Costello Introduced In House on 04/06/2017

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Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2017 [HB-1884] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Workers' Compensation ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2017 Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2017 This bill provides that: (1) heart disease, lung disease, and specified cancers of federal employees employed in fire protection activities for a minimum of 5 years shall be presumed to be proximately caused by such employment if an employee is diagnosed with any such disease within 10 years of the last active date of employment in fire protection activities; (2) the disability or death of such an employee due to any such disease shall be presumed to result from (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva Introduced In House on 04/04/2017

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Honoring Hometown Heroes Act [HB-1892] [Defense ] [Environmental ] [Finance ] [Agriculture ] [Infrastructure ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Taxes ] [Trade ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Budget and Spending ] [Small Business ] [Insurance ] [Disaster Relief ] [Economic Development ] [Energy ] [Food ] [Healthcare ] [Housing ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Military ] [Public Health ] [Education ] [Veterans ] [Children and Youth ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Human Services ] [Pensions ] [Senior Citizens ] [Unemployment ]
Honoring Hometown Heroes Act DIVISION A--HONORING HOMETOWN HEROES ACT Honoring Hometown Heroes Act (Sec. 10102) This division authorizes the governor of a state, territory, or possession of the United States or the Mayor of the District of Columbia to proclaim that the U.S. flag shall be flown at half-staff in the event of the death of a first responder (public safety officer) working in such jurisdiction who dies while serving in the line of duty. DIVISION B--SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS, TAX RELIEF, AND MEDICAID CHANGES RELATING TO CERTAIN DISASTERS (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe Became Public Law No: 115-123. (txt | Pdf) on 02/09/2018

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Comprehensive Fentanyl Control Act [HB-1781] [Crime ] [Public Health ] [Pharmaceuticals ] [Overdose Prevention ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ]
Comprehensive Fentanyl Control Act This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to modify the drug quantity thresholds that trigger a mandatory minimum prison term for a defendant who manufactures, distributes, or possesses with intent to distribute fentanyl. It also establishes a consecutive mandatory prison term for a defendant who commits a drug offense involving a detectable amount of heroin or fentanyl. The bill establishes a rebuttable presumption that the illegal manufacture of a controlled substance that contains a detectable amount of (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Daniel Donovan Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 04/21/2017

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