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HR8548Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37] (D-CA)
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HR7739119th CongressWALLET
Rural Emergency Response Support Act
Sponsored By: Representative Maloy
Introduced
Summary
Creates a narrow overtime safe-harbor for emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and paramedics in ultra‑small states. It would add language to Section 7(k) of the Fair Labor Standards Act to say public agencies that are political subdivisions of a State with fewer than 100,000 residents, and private entities contracting with them, would not be deemed to have violated the general overtime rule for those employees.
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- Workers: EMTs and paramedics employed by qualifying local agencies or contractors would be explicitly exempted from being deemed to violate the federal overtime provision.
- Employers: Local political subdivisions in states with under 100,000 residents and private contractors serving them would be shielded from a finding of violation under the general overtime rule for those employees.
- Scope and drafting issue: The exemption hinges on a State having fewer than 100,000 residents. No U.S. state meets that threshold, so the provision may be ineffective as drafted.
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New overtime safe-harbor for EMTs
If enacted, this bill would add a narrow overtime safe-harbor for emergency medical technicians and paramedics. It would apply to public agencies that are political subdivisions of States with fewer than 100,000 residents. It would also apply to private contractors that serve those small local governments. In those cases, employers would not be treated as violating the federal overtime rule for EMTs and paramedics. That would reduce employers' exposure to overtime liability and could make it harder for EMTs and paramedics in those places to claim unpaid overtime. The text gives no effective date or end date. It uses a State population cutoff that no State meets as written, so the change could be ineffective unless clarified.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Maloy
UT • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Moore, Blake D. [R-UT-1]
UT • R
Sponsored 2/26/2026
Kennedy (UT)
UT • R
Sponsored 2/26/2026
Owens
UT • R
Sponsored 2/26/2026
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