,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dfij  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bj1 #bjad ,mr4 
,lynch introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,natural ,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
authorize the ,national ,emergency      
,medical ,services ,memorial ,foundation
 to establish a memorial in the         
,district of ,columbia and its environs1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,findings 
,congress finds as follows3  7#a7 ,each 
year1 in every corner of the ,nation1   
the #hej1jjj men and women of emergency 
medical services answer more than       
#cj1jjj1jjj calls to serve #bb1jjj1jjj  
patients in need of pre-hospital care   
and comfort at a moment's notice and    
without reservation4 ,this commitment to
 others exemplifies the highest         
traditions of ,american spirit4  7#b7   
,as an element of the emergency services
 sector1 emergency medical services     
stands on the ,nation's first line of   
defense in the prevention and mitigation

 of risk from terrorist attacks1        
man-made incidents1 and natural         
disasters4 ,the men and women of        
emergency medical services1 serving in  
both the public and private sectors as  
career and volunteer emergency medical  
service providers1 are a critical       
element of the ,nation's homeland and   
national security efforts and provide   
for the domestic tranquility of its     
citizens4  7#c7 ,statistics compiled by 
the ,united ,states ,department of      
,labor and the ,national ,highway       
,safety ,administration indicate that   
emergency medical services providers die
 in the line of duty at a rate more than
 twice the national average for all     
occupational fatality and #g times      
higher from violence than all other     
health care workers in service to the   
,nation4  7#d7 ,we as a ,nation have    
historically and continually rely on the
 selfless and ultimate sacrifice made by
 more than #fjj members of the ,nation's
 emergency medical services1 their      

families1 and loved ones in order to    
maintain the domestic tranquility1      
safety1 and security of this great      
,nation4  #b4 ,authorization to         
establish memorial  7a7 ,in general ,the
 ,national ,emergency ,medical ,services
 ,memorial foundation may establish the 
,national ,emergency ,medical ,services 
,memorial as a commemorative work on    
,federal land in the ,district of       
,columbia to honor the commitment and   
ultimate sacrifice of emergency medical 
service providers4  7b7 ,compliance     
,with ,standards for ,commemorative     
,works ,the memorial shall be           
established in accordance with chapter  
#hi of title #dj1 ,united ,states ,code4
  7c7 ,prohibition on the ,use of       
,federal ,funds ,the ,united ,states    
shall not pay any expense of the        
establishment of the memorial4  7d7     
,definitions ,for purposes of this      
section--  7#a7 the term memorial means 
the memorial authorized to be           
established under subsection 7a72 and   

7#b7 the term ,district of ,columbia has
 the meaning given to the term ,district
 of ,columbia and its environs by       
section #hijb of title #dj1 ,united     
,states ,code4