[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4690 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4690

     To authorize the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial 
Foundation to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia and its 
                   environs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 20, 2014

  Mr. Lynch introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
     To authorize the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial 
Foundation to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia and its 
                   environs, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds as follows:
            (1) Each year, in every corner of the Nation, the 850,000 
        men and women of emergency medical services answer more than 
        30,000,000 calls to serve 22,000,000 patients in need of pre-
        hospital care and comfort at a moment's notice and without 
        reservation. This commitment to others exemplifies the highest 
        traditions of American spirit.
            (2) As an element of the emergency services sector, 
        emergency medical services stands on the Nation's first line of 
        defense in the prevention and mitigation of risk from terrorist 
        attacks, man-made incidents, and natural disasters. The men and 
        women of emergency medical services, serving in both the public 
        and private sectors as career and volunteer emergency medical 
        service providers, are a critical element of the Nation's 
        homeland and national security efforts and provide for the 
        domestic tranquility of its citizens.
            (3) Statistics compiled by the United States Department of 
        Labor and the National Highway Safety Administration indicate 
        that emergency medical services providers die in the line of 
        duty at a rate more than twice the national average for all 
        occupational fatality and 7 times higher from violence than all 
        other health care workers in service to the Nation.
            (4) We as a Nation have historically and continually rely 
        on the selfless and ultimate sacrifice made by more than 600 
        members of the Nation's emergency medical services, their 
        families, and loved ones in order to maintain the domestic 
        tranquility, safety, and security of this great Nation.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION TO ESTABLISH MEMORIAL.

    (a) In General.--The National Emergency Medical Services Memorial 
foundation may establish the National Emergency Medical Services 
Memorial as a commemorative work on Federal land in the District of 
Columbia to honor the commitment and ultimate sacrifice of emergency 
medical service providers.
    (b) Compliance With Standards for Commemorative Works.--The 
memorial shall be established in accordance with chapter 89 of title 
40, United States Code.
    (c) Prohibition on the Use of Federal Funds.--The United States 
shall not pay any expense of the establishment of the memorial.
    (d) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
            (1) the term ``memorial'' means the memorial authorized to 
        be established under subsection (a); and
            (2) the term ``District of Columbia'' has the meaning given 
        to the term ``District of Columbia and its environs'' by 
        section 8902 of title 40, United States Code.
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