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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2351 

To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to review 

and make certain revisions to the Standard Occupational Classification 

System, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 1, 2021 

Mrs. TORRES of California (for herself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. EVANS, Mr. 

KHANNA, Mrs. MILLER of West Virginia, Mrs. AXNE, Ms. WILD, Mr. 

TIMMONS, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. GARCIA of California, Mr. LOWENTHAL, 

Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. GARCI ́A of Illinois, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. BUDD, Mrs. 

WALORSKI, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. VELA, Ms. LEE of 

California, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. NORTON, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. 

RUSH, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. SIRES, Mr. TONKO, 

Mr. TAYLOR, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. VARGAS, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. ROYBALALLARD, Mr. WELCH, Mr. RUIZ, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. STAUBER, 

Ms. TITUS, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. ZELDIN, Mr. STANTON, Ms. 

SCANLON, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. WEXTON, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. MCGOVERN, 

Mr. LAMB, Mr. GUEST, Mr. COHEN, and Ms. HOULAHAN) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 

Labor 

A BILL 

To require the Director of the Office of Management and 

Budget to review and make certain revisions to the 

Standard Occupational Classification System, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Supporting Accurate 

3 Views of Emergency Services Act of 2021’’ or the ‘‘911 

4 SAVES Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

6 Congress finds the following: 

7 (1) Public Safety Telecommunicators play a 

8 critical role in emergency response. 

9 (2) The work Public Safety Telecommunicators 

10 perform goes far beyond merely relaying information 

11 between the public and first responders. 

12 (3) When responding to reports of missing, ab13 ducted, and sexually exploited children, the informa14 tion obtained and actions taken by Public Safety 

15 Telecommunicators form the foundation for an effec16 tive response. 

17 (4) When a hostage taker or suicidal person 

18 calls 9–1–1, the first contact is with the Public Safe19 ty Telecommunicator whose negotiation skills can 

20 prevent the situation from getting worse. 

21 (5) During active shooter incidents, Public 

22 Safety Telecommunicators coach callers through 

23 first aid and give advice to prevent further harm, all 

24 while collecting vital information to provide situa25 tional awareness for responding officers. 


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1 (6) And when police officers, firefighters, and 

2 Emergency Medical Technicians are being shot at, 

3 their calls for help go to Public Safety Telecommu4 nicators. 

5 (7) They are often communicating with people 

6 in great distress, harm, fear, or injury, while em7 ploying their experience and training to recognize a 

8 critical piece of information. 

9 (8) In fact, there have been incidents in which 

10 Public Safety Telecommunicators, recognizing the 

11 sound of a racked shotgun, have prevented serious 

12 harm or death of law enforcement officers who 

13 would have otherwise walked into a trap. 

14 (9) This work comes with an extreme emotional 

15 and physical impact that is compounded by long 

16 hours and the around-the-clock nature of the job. 

17 (10) Indeed, research has suggested that Public 

18 Safety Telecommunicators are exposed to trauma 

19 that may lead to the development of posttraumatic 

20 stress disorder. 

21 (11) Recognizing the risks associated with expo22 sure to traumatic events, some agencies provide 

23 Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) teams to 

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1 ery for Public Safety Telecommunicators and first 

2 responders, alike. 

3 (12) The Standard Occupational Classification 

4 system is designed and maintained solely for statis5 tical purposes, and is used by federal statistical 

6 agencies to classify workers and jobs into occupa7 tional categories for the purpose of collecting, calcu8 lating, analyzing, or disseminating data. 

9 (13) Occupations in the Standard Occupational 

10 Classification are classified based on work performed 

11 and, in some cases, on the skills, education, or train12 ing needed to perform the work. 

13 (14) Classifying public safety telecommunica14 tors as Protective Service Occupations would correct 

15 an inaccurate representation in the Standard Occu16 pational Classification, recognize these professionals 

17 for the lifesaving work they perform, and better 

18 align the Standard Occupational Classification with 

19 related classification systems. 

20 SEC. 3. REVIEW OF STANDARD OCCUPATIONAL CLASSI21 FICATION SYSTEM. 

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1 tors as a protective service occupation under the Standard 

2 Occupational Classification System. 

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