A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to clarify that utility line technicians qualify as emergency response providers.

Bill: 116-s-4821
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2020-10-20
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance

Electric power generation and transmission

First responders and emergency personnel
Latest action: action_date: 2020-10-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-10-20
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill specifies that utility line technicians responding to a major disaster or emergency qualify as emergency response providers.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4821 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES October 20 (legislative day, October 19), 2020 Mr. Kennedy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to clarify that utility line technicians qualify as emergency response providers.

1. Emergency response providers Section 2(6) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( 6 U.S.C. 101(6) ) is amended— (1) by striking includes Federal and inserting “includes— (A) Federal ; (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (B) utility line technicians responding to a major disaster or an emergency declared by the President under section 501 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5191 ). .