[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1353 Reported in Senate (RS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 220
111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1353

 To amend title 1 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
 1968 to include nonprofit and volunteer ground and air ambulance crew 
           members and first responders for certain benefits.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 25, 2009

  Mr. Leahy (for himself, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Menendez, and Mr. Schumer) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

                            December 3, 2009

                Reported by Mr. Leahy, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 1 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
 1968 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Dale Long Emergency Medical 
Service Providers Protection Act''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN NONPROFIT EMERGENCY MEDICAL 
              SERVICE PROVIDERS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 1204 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796b) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in paragraph (7), by striking ``public 
        employee member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew'' and 
        inserting ``employee or volunteer member of a rescue squad or 
        ambulance crew (including a ground or air ambulance service) 
        that--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) is a public agency; or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) is (or is a part of) a nonprofit 
                entity serving the public that is officially authorized 
                or licensed--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(i) to engage in rescue activity 
                        or to provide emergency medical services; 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) to respond to an emergency 
                        situation;''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in paragraph (9)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``as 
                a chaplain'' and all that follows through the 
                semicolon, and inserting ``or as a 
                chaplain;'';</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking 
                ``or'' after the semicolon;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking 
                the period and inserting ``; or''; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) by adding at the end the 
                following:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(D) a member of a rescue squad or 
                ambulance crew who, as authorized or licensed by law 
                and by the applicable agency or entity, is engaging in 
                rescue activity or in the provision of emergency 
                medical services.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The amendments made by section 2(1) of this Act shall 
apply only to injuries sustained on or after January 1, 2009.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Dale Long Emergency Medical Service 
Providers Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY.

    Section 1204 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796b) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (7), by striking ``public employee member 
        of a rescue squad or ambulance crew;'' and inserting ``employee 
        or volunteer member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew 
        (including a ground or air ambulance service) that--
                    ``(A) is a public agency; or
                    ``(B) is (or is a part of) a nonprofit entity 
                serving the public that--
                            ``(i) is officially authorized or licensed 
                        to engage in rescue activity or to provide 
                        emergency medical services; and
                            ``(ii) is officially designated as a pre-
                        hospital emergency medical response agency;''; 
                        and
            (2) in paragraph (9)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``as a 
                chaplain'' and all that follows through the semicolon, 
                and inserting ``or as a chaplain;'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ``or'' 
                after the semicolon;
                    (C) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking the period 
                and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) a member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew 
                who, as authorized or licensed by law and by the 
                applicable agency or entity (and as designated by such 
                agency or entity), is engaging in rescue activity or in 
                the provision of emergency medical services.''.

SEC. 3. OFFSET.

    Of the unobligated balances available under the Department of 
Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund, $5,000,000 are permanently cancelled.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by section 2 shall apply only to injuries 
sustained on or after June 1, 2009.
                                                       Calendar No. 220

111th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 1353

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                                 A BILL

 To amend title 1 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
 1968 to include nonprofit and volunteer ground and air ambulance crew 
           members and first responders for certain benefits.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            December 3, 2009

                       Reported with an amendment