[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6481 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6481
To direct the Administrator of General Services and the Director of the
Federal Protective Service to establish guidance relating to emergency
communication protocols for public buildings, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 4, 2025
Mr. Stanton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
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A BILL
To direct the Administrator of General Services and the Director of the
Federal Protective Service to establish guidance relating to emergency
communication protocols for public buildings, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Building Threat Notification
Act''.
SEC. 2. GUIDANCE FOR BUILDINGS.
(a) Life Safety Events Defined.--In this section, the term ``life
safety events'' means events to which first responders, including law
enforcement, fire and emergency rescue, and natural disaster experts,
deploy.
(b) Guidance.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of General Services
and the Director of the Federal Protective Service shall
develop and disseminate emergency communication guidance for
building facility security committees to execute in any case in
which life safety events threaten Federal buildings owned and
operated by the Administrator of General Services under the
protection of the Federal Protective Service.
(2) Contents.--The guidance developed under paragraph (1)
shall include best practices and protocols relating to--
(A) standard operating procedures to inform
building tenants of threats to the buildings or
occupants of the buildings; and
(B) instructions for safety practices in response
to threats or a heightened risk to the building and the
occupants of the building.
(c) Security Officials.--The designated official of the facility
security committee for each Federal building that is owned or operated
by the General Services Administration under the protection of the
Federal Protective Service shall be responsible for implementing the
guidance at the respective building.
(d) Report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Administrator of General Services shall electronically
submit to Congress a report on the best practices and protocols
implemented under this Act.
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