Senate Bill 2971
117th Congress(2021-2022)
EMS Counts Act of 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Oct 7, 2021
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
2971
Congress
117
Policy Area
Labor and Employment
Labor and Employment
Primary focus of measure is matters affecting hiring and composition of the workforce, wages and benefits, labor-management relations; occupational safety, personnel management, unemployment compensation. Measures concerning public-sector employment may fall under Government Operations and Politics policy area.
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
EMS Counts Act of 2021
This bill requires the Department of Labor, in collaboration with the Office of Management and Budget, 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. Specifically, the classification system must include the following detailed occupations:
- Firefighters;
- Firefighter/EMTs;
- Firefighter/Paramedics; and
- Firefighters, All Other.
October 7, 2021
10/07/2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
10/07/2021
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 1, 2023 11:49:21 PM