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Union Calendar No. 426 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1818 

[Report No. 114–552] 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants to States to 

streamline State requirements and procedures for veterans with military 

emergency medical training to become civilian emergency medical technicians. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 15, 2015 

Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois (for himself and Mrs. CAPPS) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

MAY 10, 2016 

Additional sponsors: Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. COHEN, Ms. TITUS, Mr. MARINO, 

Mr. BURGESS, Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania, Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. 

HULTGREN, Mr. HANNA, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. POCAN, Mr. GIBSON, Ms. ESTY, Mr. 

QUIGLEY, Mr. CARTER of Texas, Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia, Ms. 

NORTON, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. LATTA, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. WALZ, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. JOHNSON

of Ohio, Mr. NUGENT, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. HURD of Texas, 

Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Ms. JENKINS of Kansas, Ms. MCSALLY, Mr. PRICE

of North Carolina, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. KATKO, Mr. KILMER, Mr. COLE, 

Mrs. COMSTOCK, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. TAKAI, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. COFFMAN, Mr. 

PETERS, Mr. CALVERT, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. YODER, Mr. SMITH of 

Texas, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. 

RUIZ, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. YOUNG of Iowa, Miss RICE of 

New York, Mr. POMPEO, Mr. HECK of Nevada, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. NEAL, 

Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. PAULSEN, and Mr. TURNER


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MAY 10, 2016 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

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

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 15, 2015] 

A BILL 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants 

to States to streamline State requirements and procedures for veterans with military emergency medical training to become civilian emergency medical technicians. 


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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 ‘‘Veteran Emergency Med5 ical Technician Support Act of 2016’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ASSISTING VETERANS WITH MILITARY EMERGENCY 

7 MEDICAL TRAINING TO MEET REQUIREMENTS 

8 FOR BECOMING CIVILIAN EMERGENCY MED9 ICAL TECHNICIANS. 

10 Part B of title III of the Public Health Service Act 

11 (42 U.S.C. 243 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 

12 314 the following: 

13 ‘‘SEC. 315. ASSISTING VETERANS WITH MILITARY EMER14 GENCY MEDICAL TRAINING TO MEET RE15 QUIREMENTS FOR BECOMING CIVILIAN 

16 EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS. 

17 ‘‘(a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall establish a pro18 gram consisting of awarding demonstration grants to 

19 States to streamline State requirements and procedures in 

20 order to assist veterans who completed military emergency 

21 medical technician training while serving in the Armed 

22 Forces of the United States to meet certification, licensure, 

23 and other requirements applicable to becoming an emer24 gency medical technician in the State. 


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1 ‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts received as a dem2 onstration grant under this section shall be used to prepare 

3 and implement a plan to streamline State requirements 

4 and procedures as described in subsection (a), including 

5 by— 

6 ‘‘(1) determining the extent to which the require7 ments for the education, training, and skill level of 

8 emergency medical technicians in the State are equiv9 alent to requirements for the education, training, and 

10 skill level of military emergency medical technicians; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(2) identifying methods, such as waivers, for 

13 military emergency medical technicians to forgo or 

14 meet any such equivalent State requirements. 

15 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for a grant under 

16 this section, a State shall demonstrate that the State has 

17 a shortage of emergency medical technicians. 

18 ‘‘(d) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to the Con19 gress an annual report on the program under this section. 

20 ‘‘(e) FUNDING.—No additional funds are authorized to 

21 be appropriated for the purpose of carrying out this section. 

22 This section shall be carried out using amounts otherwise 

23 available for such purpose.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 426 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1818 

[Report No. 114–552] 

A BILL 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide 

gency medical technicians. gency medical training to become civilian emerand procedures for veterans with military emergrants to States to streamline State requirements 

MAY 10, 2016 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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