[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7996 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7996

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to clarify that utility line 
          technicians qualify as emergency response providers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 19, 2026

Mr. Higgins of Louisiana (for himself, Mr. Norcross, and Mr. Bresnahan) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to clarify that utility line 
          technicians qualify as emergency response providers.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Linemen Legacy Act''.

SEC. 2. EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROVIDERS.

    Section 2(6) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101(6)) 
is amended--
            (1) by striking ``includes Federal'' and inserting 
        ``includes--
                    ``(A) Federal'';
            (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; 
        and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) utility line technicians responding to a 
                major disaster or an emergency declared by the 
                President under section 501 of the Robert T. Stafford 
                Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
                5191).''.
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