[1] It passed the United States House of Representatives on February 12, 2013, by a voice vote, indicating that it was generally non-controversial.

[4] The Bill would amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a demonstration program for states with a shortage of emergency medical technicians (EMTs) to streamline state requirements and procedures to assist veterans who completed military EMT training while serving in the Armed Forces to meet state EMT certification, licensure, and other requirements.

The Congressional Budget Office released a report on the bill, as ordered by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on January 22, 2013.

Pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply to this legislation because it would not affect direct spending or revenues.The bill contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA).Supporters of the bill considered it a "common sense" measure that would help returning veterans find work by ending the requirement that emergency personnel retake civilian certification courses when they already held similar certifications from the military.

[6] The National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians sponsored "EMS on the Hill Day" during which NAEMT staff members and other EMT professionals spoke to congressional staffers and Representatives about the bill, asking them to support it.