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Rural Emergency Response Support Act
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide overtime compensation exceptions to employers of emergency medical technicians and paramedics in rural areas.
Summary
This Act amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide an exception to overtime compensation requirements for certain employers of emergency medical technicians and paramedics. The exception applies to public agencies that are political subdivisions of States with fewer than 100,000 residents and private entities contracted by such political subdivisions. Employers meeting these criteria will not be deemed to violate the Fair Labor Standards Act's overtime compensation requirements when employing emergency medical technicians or paramedics. The Act targets rural areas with smaller population bases.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Maloy, Celeste [R-UT-2] (R-UT)
3 cosponsors
- Rep. Kennedy, Mike [R-UT-3] (R-UT)
- Rep. Moore, Blake D. [R-UT-1] (R-UT)
- Rep. Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4] (R-UT)
Actions (2)
- Feb 26, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. · house
- Feb 26, 2026 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 26, 2026
Ms. Maloy (for herself, Mr. Moore of Utah, Mr. Kennedy of Utah, and Mr. Owens) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide overtime compensation exceptions to employers of emergency medical technicians and paramedics in rural areas.
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 “Rural Emergency Response Support Act”.
SEC. 2. EXCEPTIONS FOR EMPLOYERS OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS AND PARAMEDICS IN RURAL AREAS.
Section 7(k) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207(k)) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by inserting before “if” the following: “, and no public agency which is a political subdivision of a State that has fewer than 100,000 residents, and no private entity serving such a political subdivision pursuant to a contract with such political subdivision, shall be deemed to have violated subsection (a) with respect to the employment of any employee as an emergency medical technician or as a paramedic.”. <all>
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