Federal Bird Safe Buildings Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3268 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3268 To amend title 40, United States Code, to direct the Administrator of General Services to incorporate practices and strategies to reduce bird fatalities resulting from collisions with certain public buildings, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 8, 2025 Mr. Griffith (for himself and Mr. Quigley) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 40, United States Code, to direct the Administrator of General Services to incorporate practices and strategies to reduce bird fatalities resulting from collisions with certain 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 Bird Safe Buildings Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. USE OF BIRD-SAFE FEATURES, PRACTICES, AND STRATEGIES IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS. (a) In General.--Chapter 33 of title 40, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Sec. 3319. Use of bird-safe features, practices, and strategies in public buildings ``(a) Construction, Alteration, and Acquisition of Public Buildings.--The Administrator of General Services shall incorporate, to the extent practicable, features, practices, and strategies to reduce bird fatality resulting from collisions with public buildings for each public building-- ``(1) constructed; ``(2) acquired; or ``(3) of which more than 50 percent of the facade is substantially altered (in the opinion of the Commissioner of Public Buildings). ``(b) Design Guide.--The Administrator shall develop a design guide to carry out