,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #edj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #af1        
#bjbe,mrs4 ,torres of ,california 7for  
herself and ,mr4 ,fitzpatrick7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,education and ,workforce  ,a ,,bill    
,to require the ,director of the ,office
 of ,management and ,budget to review   
and make certain revisions to the       
,standard ,occupational ,classification 
,system1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,supporting ,accurate ,views of     
,emergency ,services ,act of #bjbe or   
the #iaa ,,saves ,act of #bjbe4  #b4    
,findings ,congress finds the following3
 7#a7 ,public safety telecommunicators  
play a critical role in emergency       
response4  7#b7 ,the work that public   
safety telecommunicators perform goes   
far beyond merely relaying information  
between the public and first responders4
  7#c7 ,when responding to reports of   

missing1 abducted1 and sexually         
exploited children1 the information     
obtained and actions taken by public    
safety telecommunicators form the       
foundation for an effective response4   
7#d7 ,when a hostage taker or suicidal  
person calls #i-a-a1 the first contact  
is with the public safety               
telecommunicator whose negotiation      
skills can prevent the situation from   
getting worse4  7#e7 ,during active     
shooter incidents1 public safety        
telecommunicators coach callers through 
first aid and give advice to prevent    
further harm1 all while collecting vital
 information to provide situational     
awareness for responding officers4  7#f7
 ,when police officers1 firefighters1   
and emergency medical technicians are   
being shot at1 their calls for help go  
to public safety telecommunicators4     
7#g7 ,public safety telecommunicators   
are often communicating with people in  
great distress1 harm1 fear1 or injury1  
while employing their experience and    

training to recognize a critical piece  
of information4  7#h7 ,in fact1 there   
have been incidents in which public     
safety telecommunicators1 recognizing   
the sound of a racked shotgun1 have     
prevented serious harm or death of law  
enforcement officers who would have     
otherwise walked into a trap4  7#i7     
,this work comes with an extreme        
emotional and physical impact that is   
compounded by long hours and the        
around-the-clock nature of the job4     
7#aj7 ,indeed1 research has suggested   
that public safety telecommunicators are
 exposed to trauma that may lead to the 
development of posttraumatic stress     
disorder4  7#aa7 ,recognizing the risks 
associated with exposure to traumatic   
events1 some agencies provide critical  
incident stress debriefing 7,,cisd7     
teams to lessen the psychological impact
 and accelerate recovery for public     
safety telecommunicators and first      
responders1 alike4  7#ab7 ,the ,standard
 ,occupational ,classification system is

 designed and maintained solely for     
statistical purposes1 and is used by    
,federal statistical agencies to        
classify workers and jobs into          
occupational categories for the purpose 
of collecting1 calculating1 analyzing1  
or disseminating data4  7#ac7           
,occupations in the ,standard           
,occupational ,classification are       
classified based on work performed and1 
in some cases1 on the skills1 education1
 or training needed to perform the work4
  7#ad7 ,classifying public safety      
telecommunicators as ,protective        
,service ,occupations would correct an  
inaccurate representation in the        
,standard ,occupational ,classification1
 recognize these professionals for the  
lifesaving work they perform1 and better
 align the ,standard ,occupational      
,classification with related            
classification systems4  #c4 ,revision  
of ,standard ,occupational              
,classification system  7a7 ,in general 
,the ,director of the ,office of        

,management and ,budget 7in this ,act   
referred to as the ,director7 shall1 as 
part of the first revision process of   
the ,standard ,occupational             
,classification system occurring after  
the date of enactment of this ,act1     
consider establishing a separate code   
for public safety telecommunicators as a
 subset of protective service           
occupations4  7b7 ,report to ,congress  
,if the ,director decides not to        
establish the separate code for public  
safety telecommunicators described in   
subsection 7a71 the ,director shall1 not
 later than #fj days after the ,director
 announces in the ,federal ,register the
 final decision of the revision process 
described in such subsection1 submit to 
the ,committee on ,homeland ,security   
and ,governmental ,affairs of the       
,senate and the ,committee on ,education
 and the ,workforce of the ,house of    
,representatives a report explaining why
 such separate code was not established4