HRES1188-119

In Committee

Expressing support for the work of open water lifeguards as first responders and emergency response providers.

119th Congress Introduced Apr 20, 2026

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, Expressing support for the work of open water lifeguards as first responders and emergency response providers., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers. The main policy domain is Transportation, Government Operations.

Who Benefits and How

transportation operators and travelers 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, transportation operators and travelers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HDB69E633719F442D8183FA662596E762: That Congress reaffirms that open water lifeguards qualify as first responders and emergency response providers, and recognizes the essential, lifesaving work...

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, Expressing support for the work of open water lifeguards as first responders and emergency response providers., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers.

Key Policy Areas

Transportation, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, Expressing support for the work of open water lifeguards as first responders and emergency response providers., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers.

Policy Domains

Transportation Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • transportation operators and travelers
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
  • transportation operators and travelers
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 20, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Apr 20, 2026

Submitted in House

Apr 20, 2026

Mr. Smith of New Jersey submitted the following resolution; which …

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Transportation Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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