Emergency Medical Service Providers Protection Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2887 To include nonprofit and volunteer ground and air ambulance crew members and first responders for certain benefits. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 21, 2019 Mr. ZELDIN (for himself and Mr. SUOZZI) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To include nonprofit and volunteer ground and air ambulance crew members and first responders for certain benefits. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Medical 4 Service Providers Protection Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY. 6 Section 1204 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 7 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10284) is amend- 8 ed— 9 (1) in paragraph (7) to read as follows: 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:00 Jun 05, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2887.IH H2887 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 2887 IH ‘‘(7) ‘member of a rescue squad or ambulance 1 crew’ means an officially recognized or designated 2 employee or volunteer member of a rescue squad or 3 ambulance crew (including a ground or air ambu- 4 lance service) that— 5 ‘‘(A) is a public agency; or 6 ‘‘(B) is (or is a part of) a nonprofit or pri- 7 vate, for-profit entity serving the public that is 8 officially authorized or licensed to engage in 9 rescue activity or to provide emergency medical 10 services; and 11 ‘‘(i) engages in rescue activities or 12 provides emergency medical services as 13 part of an official emergency response sys- 14 tem; or 15 ‘‘(ii) is officially designated as a pre- 16 hospital emergency medical response agen- 17 cy;’’; and 18 (2) in paragraph (9), by inserting after ‘‘and by 19 the applicable agency or entity’’ the following: ‘‘(and 20 as designated by such agency or entity)’’. 21 SEC. 3. OFFSET. 22 Of the unobligated balances available under the De- 23 partment of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund, $12,000,000 24 are permanently cancelled. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:00 Jun 05, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2887.IH H2887 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 2887 IH SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 1 The amendments made by section 2 shall apply only 2 to injuries sustained on or after March 1, 2007, and shall 3 take effect beginning on the date that is 90 days after 4 the date of enactment of this Act. Any person who had 5 made an application under part L of title I of the Omnibus 6 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 and whose 7 application was denied by reason of the date an injury was 8 sustained may reapply. 9 SEC. 5. CONFORMING AMENDMENT. 10 Section 1086(d)(2)(A) of the National Defense Au- 11 thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112– 12 239) is amended by striking ‘‘June 1, 2009’’ and inserting 13 ‘‘March 25, 2007’’. 14 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:00 Jun 05, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2887.IH H2887 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS