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US Congress · H.R. 2196 · Passed both chambers

National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Extension Act

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Introduced 2025-03-18
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What it does

National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Extension Act This bill reauthorizes the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation to establish in Washington, DC, a monument to commemorate the commitment and service represented by emergency medical services. This authorization expires seven years after enactment of the bill.
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1Extension of legislative authority for memorial establishment

This section would amend section 1(b) of Public Law 115-275, the law that gave the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation authority to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its surrounding area. Section 8903(e), referenced in that law, sets a seven-year period after which authority to establish a commemorative work expires unless extended. This section would provide that, for the Foundation's memorial, any reference in section 8903(e) to the seven-year period expiring, or to an extension beyond that seven-year period, would instead be treated as a reference to an expiration on, or extension beyond, November 3, 2032. In effect, this section would give the Foundation until November 3, 2032 to complete the steps needed to establish the memorial, replacing the standard seven-year deadline with that fixed date.

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1. Extension of legislative authority for memorial establishment Section 1(b) of Public Law 115–275 is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting , except that any reference in section 8903(e) of that chapter to the expiration at the end of or extension beyond a seven-year period shall be considered to be a reference to an expiration on or extension beyond November 3, 2032. .

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Where it is

Introduced · 2025-03-18

In the House.

Committee hearing · 2025-09-18
Passed the House · 2026-03-16
Passed the Senate · 2026-08-07
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The numbers

29%
of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)
7
sponsors, out of 218 needed to pass

Who is lobbying on this

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS (NAEMT)via KIM KRENIK
4 filings
From 4 filings in federal lobbying disclosures (LDA), via lda.gov, naming this bill (2025 to 2026). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
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