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H.R. 1818: Veteran Emergency Medical Technician Support Act of 2016

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H.R. 1818: Veteran Emergency Medical Technician Support Act of 2016

114th Congress · introduced 2015-04-15 · Health · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-04-15 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 188 (2016): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR1818 (2016-05-12), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Veteran Emergency Medical Technician Support Act of 2016

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on May 10, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Veteran Emergency Medical Technician Support Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a demonstration program for states with a shortage of emergency medical technicians (EMTs) to streamline state requirements and procedures to assist veterans who completed military EMT training to meet state EMT certification, licensure, and other requirements.

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Official text

Veteran Emergency Medical Technician Support Act of 2016

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16] · 74 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1818, Veteran Emergency Medical Technician Support Act of 2016 (2016-05-10)

Cosponsors on this site

Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Dina Titus (D-NV), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Mike Quigley (D-IL), John R. Carter (R-TX), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Judy Chu (D-CA), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Tom Cole (R-OK), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Raul Ruiz (D-CA) and 14 more.

Recorded votes

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Record fed-us-cong114-hr1818 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114