HR 8530 · 118th Congress 2023โ€“2025, ended

Improving Federal Building Security Act of 2024

Latest action · Dec 5, 2024 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 669.

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.

  1. IntroducedMay 23, 2024
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 9, 2024.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-LATroy A. CarterJul 9, 2024

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseTransportation and Infrastructure Committee
Referred May 23, 2024Discharged Sep 18, 2024Markup Sep 18, 2024Reported Dec 5, 2024
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee
Referred May 24, 2024

Actions 8

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 5, 2024Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 118-818.
  2. Dec 5, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 669.
  3. Sep 18, 2024Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Discharged
  4. Sep 18, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  5. Sep 18, 2024Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
  6. May 24, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
  7. May 23, 2024Introduced in House
  8. May 23, 2024Referred 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.

Committee report

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

  1. Nov 21, 2024H.R. 8530, Improving Federal Building Security Act of 2024As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on September 18, 2024

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Clause 1 of section 8 of Article I of the Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To require Facility Security Committees to respond to security recommendations issued by the Federal Protective Service relating to facility security, and for other purposes.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 90, May 23, 2024, page H3524.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 3613Improving Federal Building Security Act of 2024Identical billDec 17, 2024

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To require Facility Security Committees to respond to security recommendations issued by the Federal Protective Service relating to facility security, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Improving Federal Building Security Act of 2024
Short Title(s) as Reported to House
Improving Federal Building Security Act of 2024

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 5, 2024Reported in House
  2. May 23, 2024Introduced in House

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