H.R. 8001

Summary

H.R. 8001, the First Responders’ Equipment Access Act, was introduced in the House on Mar 19, 2026 by Rep. Kat Cammack (R). It was referred to Energy And Commerce, and last saw action on Mar 19, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Record

Text

H.R. 8001 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

119 HR 8001 IH: First Responders’ Equipment Access Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2026-03-19
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 I  119th CONGRESS  2d Session  H. R. 8001  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   March 19, 2026   Mrs. Cammack  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Energy and Commerce    A BILL
To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to amend regulations relating to exemptions for engines and equipment for purposes of national security, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   First Responders’ Equipment Access Act  .
2.
Amendment to regulations exempting engines/equipment for national security
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall revise the regulations under section 1068.225(d) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act)—
(1)
to authorize—
(A)
manufacturers and secondary engine manufacturers to request a national security exemption under such section 1068.225(d) for engines or equipment intended to be used by Federal, State, or local agencies for providing law enforcement, disaster relief, search and rescue, fire response, or emergency medical services; and
(B)
an agency of the Federal Government responsible for national defense and the Department of Homeland Security (including the Federal Emergency Management Agency) to endorse a request described in subparagraph (A); and
(2)
to specify that a request for a national security exemption described in paragraph (1)(A), and an endorsement of such a request described in paragraph (1)(B), is not required to specify a quantity of engines or equipment to be exempted in order to receive such an exemption.

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To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to amend regulations relating to exemptions for engines and equipment for purposes of national security, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Kat Cammack (R) sponsors H.R. 8001 alone.

Kat Cammack

Rep. · R–FL-3 · Sponsor

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Committees

H.R. 8001 went before 1 committee: Energy and Commerce.

Energy and Commerce

Energy and Commerce

Referred To · Mar 19, 2026 · 1,636 Bills

Actions

H.R. 8001 has taken 2 actions since Mar 19, 2026.

Votes

H.R. 8001 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 8001 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• First Responders’ Equipment Access Act — Display Title
• First Responders’ Equipment Access Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to amend regulations relating to exemptions for engines and equipment for purposes of national security, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 2 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 8001 in 2 quarterly filings, 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation, Transportation, Urban Development/Municipalities.

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 8001 under Emergency Management, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 8001’s is Emergency Management.

Constitutional authority

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[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 50 (Thursday, March 19, 2026)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mrs. CAMMACK:H.R. 8001.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution[Page H2622]

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