First Responders’ Equipment Access Act

Bill: 118-hr-5156
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2023-08-04
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Air quality

Disaster relief and insurance

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environmental regulatory procedures

First responders and emergency personnel

Law enforcement administration and funding

Manufacturing

Motor vehicles
Latest action: action_date: 2023-08-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-08-04
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>First Responders' Equipment Access Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise regulations that exempt certain engines and equipment from emission standards for national security purposes. For example, the bill directs the EPA to expand the regulations to include exemptions for engines or equipment intended to be used by governmental agencies for providing law enforcement, disaster relief, search and rescue, fire response, or emergency medical services.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5156 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 4, 2023 Mr. Posey (for himself and Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to amend regulations relating to exemptions for engines and equipment for purposes of national security, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the First Responders’ Equipment Access Act . 2. Amendment to regulations exempting engines/equipment for national security Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall revise the regulations under section 1068.225(d) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act)— (1) to authorize— (A) manufacturers and secondary engine manufacturers to request a national security exemption under such section 1068.225(d) for engines or equipment intended to be used by Federal, State, or local agencies for providing law enforcement, disaster relief, search and rescue, fire response, or emergency medical services; and (B) an agency of the Federal Government responsible for national defense and the Department of Homeland Security (including the Federal Emergency Management Agency) to endorse a request described in subparagraph (A); and (2) to specify that a request for a national security exemption described in paragraph (1)(A), and an endorsement of such a request described in paragraph (1)(B), is not required to specify a quantity of engines or equipment to be exempted in order to receive such an exemption.