,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dhba  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #bj   
7legislative day1 ,october #ai71        
#bjbj,mr4 ,kennedy introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,homeland      
,security ,act of #bjjb to clarify that 
utility line technicians qualify as     
emergency response providers4  #a4      
,emergency response providers ,section  
#b7f7 of the ,homeland ,security ,act of
 #bjjb 7#f ,u4,s4,c4 #aja7f77 is        
amended-- 7#a7 by striking includes     
,federal and inserting 8includes--  7,a7
 ,federal  2  7#b7 by striking the      
period at the end and inserting 2 and2  
and  7#c7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7,b7 utility line           
technicians responding to a major       
disaster or an emergency declared by the
 ,president under section #eja of the   
,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster ,relief 

and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db    
,u4,s4,c4 #eaia74  4