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

II 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 4821 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to clarify that utility line technicians qualify as emergency response providers. 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 re- sponse providers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROVIDERS. 3 Section 2(6) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 4 (6 U.S.C. 101(6)) is amended— 5 (1) by striking ‘‘includes Federal’’ and inserting 6 ‘‘includes— 7 ‘‘(A) Federal’’; 8 (2) by striking the period at the end and insert- 9 ing ‘‘; and’’; and 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:46 Oct 28, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4821.IS S4821 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 4821 IS (3) by adding at the end the following: 1 ‘‘(B) utility line technicians responding to 2 a major disaster or an emergency declared by 3 the President under section 501 of the Robert 4 T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As- 5 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5191).’’. 6 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:46 Oct 28, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S4821.IS S4821 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS