Congress gives EMS memorial group more time to build.

What it does

An earlier law gave the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation seven years to build a memorial. The memorial goes in Washington, D.C. This bill gives them seven more years from when this new law starts. The foundation must still raise its own money and do the building work.

Who it affects

The National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation gets extra time. Once built, the memorial will be a public place in D.C. that anyone can visit. The bill does not spend any money or require the memorial to be built.

One thing to notice

The bill only extends the deadline. It does not pay for the memorial or promise it will be built.

From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.

Where it stands

6 cosponsors: 5 Democrats, 1 Republicans.

• Mar 18, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
• Mar 18, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Natural Resources and Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources”
• Sep 18, 2025 — Hearing held · Congress.gov: “Subcommittee Hearings Held”
• Feb 11, 2026 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
• Feb 11, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent”
• Mar 16, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2523)”
• Mar 16, 2026 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Wittman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended”
• Aug 7, 2026 — Passed both chambers · Congress.gov: “Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent”
• Sep 3, 2026 — Sent to president · Congress.gov: “Presented to President”
• Sep 11, 2026 — Signed into law · Congress.gov: “Signed by President”

Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.

Money around this bill

1 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 2 reports from Mar 2026 to Jun 2026.

Those reports show $62,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 14 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.

More groups named this bill than 0% of bills with any report.

Richard Hudson, who sponsored the bill, received $1,689,644 from PACs for the 2026 election.

• National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (naemt) — $62,000 in 2 reports

Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.

Words to know

• National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation — The group that plans and builds the memorial for emergency medical workers.
• memorial — A monument or place built to honor and remember people.
• deadline — The last day by which something must be done.
• lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
• PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
• sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.