Federal Bird Safe Buildings Act of 2021
Latest action · Mar 18, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 17, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Federal Bird Safe Buildings Act of 2021
This bill requires the General Services Administration (GSA) to develop and implement strategies for reducing bird fatalities from collisions with public buildings.
Specifically, the GSA must incorporate relevant features and strategies into public buildings that are newly constructed, acquired, or substantially altered so as to reduce bird fatalities. The GSA must also develop a related design guide and annually certify its active use. The bill's provisions do not apply to buildings and sites on the National Register of Historic Places, the White House and its grounds, the Supreme Court building and its grounds, or the U.S. Capitol and any buildings on its grounds.
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 17, 2021 to Dec 6, 2022; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-VA | H. Morgan Griffith | Original | Mar 17, 2021 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Apr 14, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Apr 14, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | May 11, 2021 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | May 11, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | May 11, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | May 14, 2021 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | May 17, 2021 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | May 17, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | May 19, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Jun 1, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Marie Newman | Jun 1, 2021 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Jun 15, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Jun 15, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Jun 24, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Jun 24, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Sep 27, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Nov 30, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Jan 18, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Apr 14, 2022 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Apr 28, 2022 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Jul 27, 2022 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Nov 10, 2022 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Dec 6, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Mar 17, 2021 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Mar 18, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 18, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
- Mar 17, 2021Introduced in House
- Mar 17, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 50, March 17, 2021, page H1501.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 117-17 | POWER STRUGGLE: EXAMINING THE 2021 TEXAS GRID FAILURE210 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Mar 24, 2021 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 791 | Federal Bird Safe Buildings Act of 2021 | Related bill | Mar 17, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 40, United States Code, to direct the Administrator of General Services to incorporate practices and strategies to reduce bird fatality resulting from collisions with certain public buildings, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Federal Bird Safe Buildings Act of 2021
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 17, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
