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(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on May 10, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Veteran Emergency Medical Technician Support Act of 2016
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a demonstration program for states with a shortage of emergency medical technicians (EMTs) to streamline state requirements and procedures to assist veterans who completed military EMT training to meet state EMT certification, licensure, and other requirements.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 1818 as passed House amended on May 12, 2016. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
House May 12, 2016
Veteran Emergency Medical Technician Support Act of 2016
Passed · Two-thirds required
415 Yea 1 Nay 17 not voting
Crossed both parties 1 of 416 voting members broke with their own party: 1 Republican.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
433 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 1818 and vote against it. 1 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 1818 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
6 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.