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Calendar No. 220 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1353 

To amend title 1 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 

of 1968 to include nonprofit and volunteer ground and air ambulance 

crew members and first responders for certain benefits. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 25, 2009 

Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. MENENDEZ, and Mr. SCHUMER) 

introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

DECEMBER 3, 2009 

Reported by Mr. LEAHY, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To amend title 1 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

Streets Act of 1968 to include nonprofit and volunteer 

ground and air ambulance crew members and first responders for certain benefits. 

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 ‘‘Dale Long Emergency 

3 Medical Service Providers Protection Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN NONPROFIT EMERGENCY 

5 MEDICAL SERVICE PROVIDERS. 

6 Section 1204 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 

7 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796b) is amend8 ed— 

9 (1) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘public em10 ployee member of a rescue squad or ambulance 

11 crew’’ and inserting ‘‘employee or volunteer member 

12 of a rescue squad or ambulance crew (including a 

13 ground or air ambulance service) that— 

14 ‘‘(A) is a public agency; or 

15 ‘‘(B) is (or is a part of) a nonprofit entity 

16 serving the public that is officially authorized or 

17 licensed— 

18 ‘‘(i) to engage in rescue activity or to 

19 provide emergency medical services; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) to respond to an emergency situ21 ation;’’; and 

22 (2) in paragraph (9)— 

23 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘as a 

24 chaplain’’ and all that follows through the semi25 colon, and inserting ‘‘or as a chaplain;’’; 


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1 (B) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking 

2 ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; 

3 (C) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking 

4 the period and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

5 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(D) a member of a rescue squad or am7 bulance crew who, as authorized or licensed by 

8 law and by the applicable agency or entity, is 

9 engaging in rescue activity or in the provision 

10 of emergency medical services.’’. 

11 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

12 The amendments made by section 2(1) of this Act 

13 shall apply only to injuries sustained on or after January 

14 1, 2009. 

15 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

16 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Dale Long Emergency 

17 Medical Service Providers Protection Act’’. 

18 SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY. 

19 Section 1204 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 

20 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796b) is amend21 ed— 

22 (1) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘public em23 ployee member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew;’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘employee or volunteer member of a 


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1 rescue squad or ambulance crew (including a ground 

2 or air ambulance service) that— 

3 ‘‘(A) is a public agency; or 

4 ‘‘(B) is (or is a part of) a nonprofit entity 

5 serving the public that— 

6 ‘‘(i) is officially authorized or licensed 

7 to engage in rescue activity or to provide 

8 emergency medical services; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) is officially designated as a pre10 hospital emergency medical response agen11 cy;’’; and 

12 (2) in paragraph (9)— 

13 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘as a 

14 chaplain’’ and all that follows through the semi15 colon, and inserting ‘‘or as a chaplain;’’; 

16 (B) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking 

17 ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon; 

18 (C) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking the 

19 period and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

20 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(D) a member of a rescue squad or ambu22 lance crew who, as authorized or licensed by law 

23 and by the applicable agency or entity (and as 

24 designated by such agency or entity), is engaging 


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1 in rescue activity or in the provision of emer2 gency medical services.’’. 

3 SEC. 3. OFFSET. 

4 Of the unobligated balances available under the De5 partment of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund, $5,000,000 are 

6 permanently cancelled. 

7 SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

8 The amendments made by section 2 shall apply only 

9 to injuries sustained on or after June 1, 2009. 


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Calendar No. 220 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1353 

A BILL 

To amend title 1 of the Omnibus Crime Control 

benefits. crew members and first responders for certain profit and volunteer ground and air ambulance and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include nonDECEMBER 3, 2009 

Reported with an amendment 


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