| Category | Title | Description |
| Pending Legislation | S. 2852, the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2018 | Letter to Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions requesting a strengthening of provisions for EMS as a pillar of our nation’s disaster preparedness and response strategy. |
| Pending Legislation | S. 2830, Supporting and Improving Rural EMS Needs (SIREN) Act | Support of Senate legislation to create a needed grant program for EMS agencies in rural areas. |
| EMS Issue | Letter regarding the shortage of emergency medications | Request to leaders of the Dept. of Health and Human Services and the Food and Drug Administration to elevate attention on the shortage of essential emergency medications. |
| Proposed Legislation | H.R. 5429, Supporting and Improving Rural EMS Needs (SIREN) Act | Support of legislation to create a needed grant program for EMS agencies in rural areas. |
| Pending Legislation | S.1692/H.R. 1037, National EMS Memorial Foundation | Strongly supports legislation to authorize the National EMS Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, to honor the service and sacrifice of our nation’s EMS practitioners. |
| EMS Funding | Letter to FICEMS Chair Edward Gabriel | Requests FICEMS to determine funding for a nationally-applicable EMS Preparedness Agenda consensus document |
| EMS Funding | Letter to National Emergency Management Association President Sprayberry | Request to promote medical preparedness training to EMS agencies and work collaboratively on funding resources. |
| EMS Issue | Letter to Secretary Azar, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | Urges that an agency within HHS act as the enforcement authority for regulations contained in the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009. |
| EMS Issue | Appreciation letter to the U.S. President | NAEMT letter to U.S. President extends appreciation for his acknowledgement of EMS practitioners. |
| Proposed Legislation | EMS Scope of Practice Model Revision | NAEMT Comment to first draft of EMS Scope of Practice Model revision |
| Pending Legislation | H.R. 3729, Comprehensive Operations, Sustainability, and Transport Act of 2017. | Joint letter of support from NAEMT, the International Association of Fire Chiefs, and the International Association of Fire Fighters. |
| Pending Legislation | H.R. 880, the Mission Zero Act | Requests House leaders to include provisions for prehospital care in bill to support civilian-military partnerships in trauma care. |
| Pending Legislation | Letter to House and Senate Transportation Committee leaders | Opposes legislation that would increase the legal size or weight limits of trucks because of the serious safety risks inherent in allowing bigger trucks on roads and bridges. |
| Pending Legislation | S. 916 - Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act of 2017 | EMS organization coalition letter of support |
| Proposed Legislation | 2018 EMSC Appropriations | Request for Senate to fully fund EMSC in the next fiscal year |
| Proposed Legislation | 2018 EMSC Appropriations | Request for House to fully fund EMSC in the next fiscal year |
| Proposed Regulation | Workplace Violence in Healthcare and Social Assistance | Comment to OSHA in response to request for information on the issue. |
| EMS Issue | Increased role of EMS in FEMA activities | Letter requesting that EMS professionals from all delivery models be included in FEMA’s new committees an in ongoing discussion. |
| Proposed Legislation | Letter to 2017 National Defense Authorization Act conferees | Request to standardize military medical training and require that all military medical personnel to receive consistent Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) training. |
| Proposed Regulation | JNEMSLF Comment on to the Standard Occupational Classification Policy Committee | Comment from 17 EMS organizations to Dept. of Labor Committee reviewing how EMTs and Paramedics are counted by federal government. |
| Pending Legislation | Support for H.R. 1818, the Veterans Emergency Medical Technician Support Act of 2016 | Letter to Senate requesting support for H.R. 1818 |
| Pending Legislation | Support for H.R. 1818, the Veterans Emergency Medical Technician Support Act of 2016 | Letter to House requesting support for H.R. 1818 |
| Proposed Legislation | NAEMT Statement on H.R. 4365 | States NAEMT's position on the need for passage of this bill to ensure that emergency patients have access to needed medications. |
| EMS Issue | NAEMT Comment to NHTSA on EMS Agenda for the Future | Comment on NHTSA's plan to create a new EMS agenda for the future |
| Proposed Legislation | Letter to Congress from the Coalition to Stop Opiod Overdose (CSOO) | Letter to urge Congress to include health policy provisions in the package that will be negotiated by the House/Senate Opioids Conference Committee. |
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