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First Responders’ Equipment Access Act
To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to amend regulations relating to exemptions for engines and equipment for purposes of national security, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill directs the EPA to revise its regulations within 90 days to authorize manufacturers to request national security exemptions from emissions standards for engines and equipment used by first responders. The exemptions would apply to engines or equipment used by federal, state, or local agencies for law enforcement, disaster relief, search and rescue, fire response, or emergency medical services. The bill allows federal agencies responsible for national defense and the Department of Homeland Security to endorse exemption requests. The bill specifies that manufacturers and agencies do not need to identify a specific quantity of engines or equipment in their exemption requests to receive approval. These changes would expand the availability of emissions standard exemptions for first responder and emergency response equipment.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Cammack, Kat [R-FL-3] (R-FL)
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Actions (2)
- Mar 19, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · house
- Mar 19, 2026 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 19, 2026
Mrs. Cammack introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to amend regulations relating to exemptions for engines and equipment for purposes of national security, 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. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “First Responders’ Equipment Access Act”.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO REGULATIONS EXEMPTING ENGINES/EQUIPMENT FOR NATIONAL SECURITY.
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall revise the regulations under section 1068.225(d) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act)—
(1) to authorize—
(A) manufacturers and secondary engine manufacturers to request a national security exemption under such section 1068.225(d) for engines or equipment intended to be used by Federal, State, or local agencies for providing law enforcement, disaster relief, search and rescue, fire response, or emergency medical services; and
(B) an agency of the Federal Government responsible for national defense and the Department of Homeland Security (including the Federal Emergency Management Agency) to endorse a request described in subparagraph
(A); and
(2) to specify that a request for a national security exemption described in paragraph (1)(A), and an endorsement of such a request described in paragraph (1)(B), is not required to specify a quantity of engines or equipment to be exempted in order to receive such an exemption. <all>
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