H.R. 1440: To amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to treat employment as a field emergency medical service practitioner in the same manner as employment as a firefighter for purposes of such Act.
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H.R. 1440: To amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to treat employment as a field emergency medical service practitioner in the same manner as employment as a firefighter for purposes of such Act.
114th Congress · introduced 2015-03-18 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2015-03-18 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. DesJarlais, Scott [R-TN-4] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
To amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to treat employment as a field emergency medical service practitioner in the same manner as employment as a firefighter for purposes of such Act.
Plain summary
Amends the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to treat field emergency medical service practitioners in the same manner as firefighters or law enforcement officers for purposes of exempting state employers from otherwise prohibited age discrimination practices. Allows an employer that is a state, political subdivision, and interstate agency to fail or refuse to hire, or to discharge, any such practitioner because of the individual's age if the employer provides the practitioner an annual opportunity to demonstrate physical and mental fitness by passing a job performance test identified by the Department of Health and Human Services in order to continue employment. Defines "field emergency medical service practitioner" as an employee, the duties of whose position are primarily to perform work directly connected with the responsibility of administration of specialized pre-hospital emergency care for victims of acute illnesses or injury, including an employee engaged in such activity who is transferred to a supervisory or administrative position.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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To amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to treat employment as a field emergency medical service practitioner in the same manner as employment as a firefighter for purposes of such Act.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. DesJarlais, Scott [R-TN-4] · 1 cosponsors
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Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN)
Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. DesJarlais, Scott [R-TN-4] reported raising $667,181 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr1440.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>
Record fed-us-cong114-hr1440 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114