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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6319 

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 

NOVEMBER 8, 2023 

Mrs. TORRES of California (for herself and Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the 

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

Workforce 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Views of Emergency Services Act of 2023’’ or the ‘‘911 

6 SAVES Act of 2023’’. 

7 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

8 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) Public Safety Telecommunicators play a 

2 critical role in emergency response. 

3 (2) The work Public Safety Telecommunicators 

4 perform goes far beyond merely relaying information 

5 between the public and first responders. 

6 (3) When responding to reports of missing, ab7 ducted, and sexually exploited children, the informa8 tion obtained and actions taken by Public Safety 

9 Telecommunicators form the foundation for an effec10 tive response. 

11 (4) When a hostage taker or suicidal person 

12 calls 9–1–1, the first contact is with the Public Safe13 ty Telecommunicator whose negotiation skills can 

14 prevent the situation from getting worse. 

15 (5) During active shooter incidents, Public 

16 Safety Telecommunicators coach callers through 

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

18 while collecting vital information to provide situa19 tional awareness for responding officers. 

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

21 Emergency Medical Technicians are being shot at, 

22 their calls for help go to Public Safety Telecommu23 nicators. 

24 (7) They are often communicating with people 

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1 ploying their experience and training to recognize a 

2 critical piece of information. 

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

4 Public Safety Telecommunicators, recognizing the 

5 sound of a racked shotgun, have prevented serious 

6 harm or death of law enforcement officers who 

7 would have otherwise walked into a trap. 

8 (9) This work comes with an extreme emotional 

9 and physical impact that is compounded by long 

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

11 (10) Indeed, research has suggested that Public 

12 Safety Telecommunicators are exposed to trauma 

13 that may lead to the development of posttraumatic 

14 stress disorder. 

15 (11) Recognizing the risks associated with expo16 sure to traumatic events, some agencies provide 

17 Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) teams to 

18 lessen the psychological impact and accelerate recov19 ery for Public Safety Telecommunicators and first 

20 responders, alike. 

21 (12) The Standard Occupational Classification 

22 system is designed and maintained solely for statis23 tical purposes, and is used by federal statistical 

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1 tional categories for the purpose of collecting, calcu2 lating, analyzing, or disseminating data. 

3 (13) Occupations in the Standard Occupational 

4 Classification are classified based on work performed 

5 and, in some cases, on the skills, education, or train6 ing needed to perform the work. 

7 (14) Classifying public safety telecommunica8 tors as Protective Service Occupations would correct 

9 an inaccurate representation in the Standard Occu10 pational Classification, recognize these professionals 

11 for the lifesaving work they perform, and better 

12 align the Standard Occupational Classification with 

13 related classification systems. 

14 SEC. 3. REVIEW OF STANDARD OCCUPATIONAL CLASSI15 FICATION SYSTEM. 

16 The Director of the Office of Management and Budg17 et shall not later than 30 days after the date of the enact18 ment of this Act, categorize public safety telecommunica19 tors as a protective service occupation under the Standard 

20 Occupational Classification System. 

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