Congress extends deadline for EMS memorial six more years
S. 2546 — A bill to provide for an extension of the legislative authority of the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs. · Filed by Christopher Coons (D-DE) · 6 cosponsors · Introduced Jul 30, 2025 · Reported out
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What it does
This bill extends the deadline for the National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation to build a commemorative monument in Washington, D.C. The foundation was originally given until 2026 to complete the project; this bill pushes that deadline to November 3, 2032, giving the organization six additional years to raise funds and construct the memorial.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole function is to extend the legislative authority granted to a private foundation to construct a memorial. It is a routine procedural amendment with no substantive policy content.
What the text implies
- The extension to November 3, 2032 (nearly 7 years from the bill's reported date) suggests the foundation has not yet secured sufficient funding or completed design/permitting; citizens may see continued fundraising efforts or land-use discussions in D.C. over the next several years.
- The amendment modifies how 40 U.S.C. § 8903(e) applies to this specific memorial, potentially creating a precedent for similar deadline extensions for other commemorative projects if the same statutory framework is used.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
The bill itself imposes no direct cost or benefit on ordinary citizens — it is a procedural extension of a private foundation's authority to build a memorial. However, the memorial's ultimate civic value (whether it serves public commemoration or becomes a monument to bureaucratic delay) and any public land or resources involved remain unclear from the text alone.
Who stands to gain
- National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation
Named in the bill
National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation, Public Law 115–275, 40 U.S.C. § 8903, District of Columbia, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Where it stands
6 cosponsors: 3 Democrats, 3 Republicans.
- Jul 30, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jul 30, 2025 — Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources”
- Dec 9, 2025 — Hearing held · Congress.gov: “Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held”
- Dec 17, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 lobbying clients named this bill on 2 disclosure filings across 2 quarters, Mar 2026 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $62,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 14 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 0% of bills with at least one filing.
Christopher Coons, the sponsor, reported $1,402,800 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (naemt) — $62,000 on 2 filings
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 20, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (465 characters) on Jul 6, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Mar 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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