{"format":1,"id":"117-s-2293","congress":117,"number":"S. 2293","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"CREW Act","title_source":"Short Titles as Enacted","official_title":"A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide certain employment rights to reservists of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide certain employment rights to reservists of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text","title":"Civilian Reservist Emergency Workforce Act of 2021"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"CREW Act"},{"type":"Short Titles as Enacted","title":"CREW Act"},{"type":"Short Titles as Enacted","title":"Civilian Reservist Emergency Workforce Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Titles as Passed House","title":"CREW Act"},{"type":"Short Titles as Passed Senate","title":"CREW Act"},{"type":"Short Titles as Passed House","title":"Civilian Reservist Emergency Workforce Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Civilian Reservist Emergency Workforce Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"CREW Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed Senate","title":"Civilian Reservist Emergency Workforce Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate","title":"Civilian Reservist Emergency Workforce Act of 2021"}],"outcome":"became_law","law_number":"Public Law 117-178","introduced":"2021-06-24","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-09-14","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h429","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"CREW Act","result":"Passed","yea":387,"nay":38,"present":0,"not_voting":7,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll429.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"voice","date":"2021-12-08","vote":null,"how":"unanimous_consent","words":"Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S9040; text: CR S9040)"}},"president":{"status":"signed","date":"2022-09-29"},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Became Public Law No: 117-178.","date":"2022-09-29"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-09-29","stage":"Public Law","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Civilian Reservist Emergency Workforce Act of 2021 or the CREW Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This act makes employment protections under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) applicable to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reservists who deploy to major disaster and emergency sites. It allows such reservists to claim such rights under USERRA even if they do not provide notice of their absence from work due to deployment."}],"words":67},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Applies the employment and reemployment protections of chapter 43 of title 38, United States Code, to intermittent personnel of the Federal Emergency Management Agency who serve in disaster and emergency response or train for that service.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2293/text/enr#ide4028214-5852-4fe3-bb81-fc6d5aa1de05:~:text=2.%20Personnel%20performing%20service%20responding%20to%20presidentially"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2293/text/enr#id85D50BCCD85F4EDC98DAF7CCD3A8A9C0:~:text=3.%20Extension%20of%20certain%20employment%20and%20reemployment"}]},"core_areas":["Employment and reemployment rights for FEMA intermittent personnel","Notice of absence from civilian employment during FEMA service"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Provides that the protections, rights, benefits and obligations of chapter 43 of title 38, United States Code, apply to intermittent personnel appointed under section 306(b)(1) of the Stafford Act to serve FEMA under sections 401 and 501 or to train for that service.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2293/text/enr#ide4028214-5852-4fe3-bb81-fc6d5aa1de05:~:text=2.%20Personnel%20performing%20service%20responding%20to%20presidentially"}},{"text":"Treats preclusion of giving notice of service, by necessity of that FEMA service or training, as preclusion by \"military necessity\" under section 4312(b) of title 38, United States Code.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2293/text/enr#ide4028214-5852-4fe3-bb81-fc6d5aa1de05:~:text=2.%20Personnel%20performing%20service%20responding%20to%20presidentially"}},{"text":"Provides that the FEMA Administrator makes the determination of necessity for notice of absence, and that the determination is not subject to review in any judicial or administrative proceeding.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2293/text/enr#ide4028214-5852-4fe3-bb81-fc6d5aa1de05:~:text=2.%20Personnel%20performing%20service%20responding%20to%20presidentially"}},{"text":"Amends section 4303 of title 38, United States Code, so that a period of absence from employment due to appointment as FEMA intermittent personnel under section 306(b)(1) of the Stafford Act is included in the definition of service in the uniformed services.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2293/text/enr#id85D50BCCD85F4EDC98DAF7CCD3A8A9C0:~:text=3.%20Extension%20of%20certain%20employment%20and%20reemployment"}},{"text":"Amends section 4303 of title 38, United States Code, to add intermittent personnel appointed into FEMA service under section 306(b)(1) of the Stafford Act, or to train for that service, to the definition of uniformed services.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2293/text/enr#id85D50BCCD85F4EDC98DAF7CCD3A8A9C0:~:text=3.%20Extension%20of%20certain%20employment%20and%20reemployment"}},{"text":"Amends section 4312(b) of title 38, United States Code, to assign determinations of military necessity to the Secretary of Defense by regulation, the FEMA Administrator for certain FEMA personnel, or the Secretary of Health and Human Services for certain National Disaster Medical System appointees, and bars judicial review of those determinations.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2293/text/enr#id85D50BCCD85F4EDC98DAF7CCD3A8A9C0:~:text=3.%20Extension%20of%20certain%20employment%20and%20reemployment"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Enrolled Bill","date":null,"rule":"enrolled","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2293/text/enr"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2293","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2293/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-s-2293.png","v":"e673e1ba21e0","alt":"Votes on Record. S. 2293, 117th Congress: CREW Act. House: 387 Yea, 38 Nay. Senate: unanimous consent. Outcome: Became law, 29 Sep 2022."}}