I will reintroduce legislation to include utility line technicians under the Department of Homeland Security’s definition of emergency response providers.

Clay Higgins · Louisiana · Republican

policy impact 2.00 specificity 4.00 extraction confidence 98%

Occurrences

Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) reintroduced H.R. 7996, the Linemen Legacy Act, which would include utility line technicians under the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) definition of “emergency response providers.”

Higgins commits to advancing the Lineman Legacy Act again to change DHS’s emergency responder definition.

Higgins Introduces Legislation Recognizing Utility Line Technicians as First Responders - Congressman Clay Higgins
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Our bill both honors linemen and streamlines storm recovery efforts by enhancing the Stafford Act definition of first responders.

Higgins frames the bill as an effort to recognize linemen and improve storm recovery policy.

Higgins Introduces Legislation Recognizing Utility Line Technicians as First Responders - Congressman Clay Higgins
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Evidence

“Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) reintroduced H.R. 7996, the Linemen Legacy Act, which would include utility line technicians under the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) definition of ‘emergency response providers.’”

Direct official confirmation that Higgins reintroduced the promised legislation in the 119th Congress.

delivered same_term A for effort

Higgins Introduces Legislation Recognizing Utility Line Technicians as First Responders - Congressman Clay Higgins
primary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 98%

Action: Mr. Higgins of Louisiana (for himself, Mr. Norcross, and Mr. Bresnahan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Full Title: To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to clarify that utility line technicians qualify as emergency response providers.

Official bill record confirms introduction and referral to committee, matching the promise to reintroduce legislation on this topic.

delivered same_term A for effort

H.R. 7996 (IH) - Linemen Legacy Act - BILLS-119hr7996ih | Content Details | GovInfo
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Higgins of Louisiana ... to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to clarify utility line technicians qualify as emergency response providers.

Shows Higgins had previously advanced the same legislative concept, supporting that the 2026 action was a reintroduction rather than a new idea.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Congressional Record - House (Mar. 11, 2024)
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Tracker: Tip | This bill has the status Introduced. To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to clarify that utility line technicians qualify as emergency response providers.

Official text from the earlier Congress shows the same measure existed before and was only introduced, not enacted, underscoring that the 2026 reintroduction was an effort rather than a completed policy change.

never same_term

H.R.7610 - Linemen Legacy Act (118th Congress)
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Higgins' official House release says he reintroduced H.R. 7996, the Linemen Legacy Act, to include utility line technicians in DHS's emergency response provider definition.

Official confirmation that Higgins reintroduced the promised legislation during the 119th Congress.

delivered same_term A for effort

Higgins Introduces Legislation Recognizing Utility Line Technicians as First Responders - Congressman Clay Higgins
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 98%

GovInfo's bill record identifies H.R. 7996 as introduced by Higgins and titled to amend the Homeland Security Act so utility line technicians qualify as emergency response providers.

Official bill text record matches the promised subject and confirms introduction of H.R. 7996.

delivered same_term A for effort

H.R. 7996 (IH) - Linemen Legacy Act - BILLS-119hr7996ih | Content Details | GovInfo
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 97%

Congress.gov lists H.R. 7610 as sponsored by Rep. Higgins, introduced March 11, 2024, and aimed at utility line technicians as emergency response providers.

The prior Congress's bill establishes that the 2026 measure was a reintroduction of the same legislative concept.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.7610 - Linemen Legacy Act (118th Congress)
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Assessments

delivered same_term

The promise was specifically to reintroduce legislation, not to secure enactment. Official House and bill-record evidence show Higgins reintroduced H.R. 7996, the Linemen Legacy Act, in the 119th Congress to amend the Homeland Security Act so utility line technicians qualify as emergency response providers. That matches the promised action during his current federal term.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 99%

delivered same_term

The promise was to reintroduce legislation, not to enact it. Official evidence shows Higgins did reintroduce the Linemen Legacy Act as H.R. 7996 on March 19, 2026, to include utility line technicians under DHS's definition of emergency response providers. Because the promised action was the reintroduction itself and that action occurred during his current term, the promise is fulfilled in the same term.

provider openai · model gpt-5.4 · confidence 98%