HR 540
911 SAVES Act of 2025
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Bill overview
This bill directs the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to review the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system and consider creating a separate code for public safety telecommunicators. Currently, these professionals are categorized within broader occupational groups, which doesn't fully reflect the specialized and critical nature of their work. If OMB decides against creating this separate code, they must provide a detailed explanation to Congress.
Key provisions
- Directs OMB to review the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system.
- Requires OMB to consider establishing a separate code for public safety telecommunicators.
- Specifies that the review should occur as part of the first revision process after the bill’s enactment.
- Mandates a report to Congress if OMB decides not to create the separate code.
- Sets a 60-day deadline for OMB to submit the report if they decline to create the code.
- Identifies the Committees to receive the report (Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Education and the Workforce).
- Clarifies the purpose of the SOC system – for statistical data collection and analysis.
- Highlights the importance of accurately classifying public safety telecommunicators to reflect their critical role.
Who is affected
- Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
- Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system users
- Public safety telecommunicators
- Federal statistical agencies
- Congress
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119th CONGRESS — 1st Session
H. R. 540
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A BILL
To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to review and make certain revisions to the Standard Occupational Classification System, and for other purposes.
This Act may be cited as the Supporting Accurate Views of Emergency Services Act of 2025 911 SAVES Act of 2025
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Congress finds the following:
The work that public safety telecommunicators perform goes far beyond merely relaying information between the public and first responders.
When responding to reports of missing, abducted, and sexually exploited children, the information obtained and actions taken by public safety telecommunicators form the foundation for an effective response.
When a hostage taker or suicidal person calls 9–1–1, the first contact is with the public safety telecommunicator whose negotiation skills can prevent the situation from getting worse.
During active shooter incidents, public safety telecommunicators coach callers through first aid and give advice to prevent further harm, all while collecting vital information to provide situational awareness for responding officers.
When police officers, firefighters, and emergency medical technicians are being shot at, their calls for help go to public safety telecommunicators.
In fact, there have been incidents in which public safety telecommunicators, recognizing the sound of a racked shotgun, have prevented serious harm or death of law enforcement officers who would have otherwise walked into a trap.
This work comes with an extreme emotional and physical impact that is compounded by long hours and the around-the-clock nature of the job.
Indeed, research has suggested that public safety telecommunicators are exposed to trauma that may lead to the development of posttraumatic stress disorder.
Recognizing the risks associated with exposure to traumatic events, some agencies provide critical incident stress debriefing (CISD) teams to lessen the psychological impact and accelerate recovery for public safety telecommunicators and first responders, alike.
Occupations in the Standard Occupational Classification are classified based on work performed and, in some cases, on the skills, education, or training needed to perform the work.
Classifying public safety telecommunicators as Protective Service Occupations would correct an inaccurate representation in the Standard Occupational Classification, recognize these professionals for the lifesaving work they perform, and better align the Standard Occupational Classification with related classification systems.
Director) shall, as part of the first revision process of the Standard Occupational Classification system occurring after the date of enactment of this Act, consider establishing a separate code for public safety telecommunicators as a subset of protective service occupations.