HR7610-118

Introduced

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to clarify that utility line technicians qualify as emergency response providers.

118th Congress Introduced Mar 11, 2024

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to clarify that utility line technicians qualify as emergency response providers., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers. The main policy domain is Energy, Immigration.

Who Benefits and How

energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H4C1E5B9C2E9D42A28E5D040BD52AEA69: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Linemen Legacy Act.
  • Section H02FAB22F99AE4CEC9A409DB2C1872888: 2. Emergency response providers Section 2(6) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101(6)) is amended— by striking includes Federal and inserting...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to clarify that utility line technicians qualify as emergency response providers., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers.

Key Policy Areas

Energy, Immigration

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to clarify that utility line technicians qualify as emergency response providers., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers.

Policy Domains

Energy Immigration

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 11, 2024

Mr. Higgins of Louisiana (for himself and Mr. Norcross) introduced …

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Energy Immigration
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

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