HR 6481
Federal Building Threat Notification Act
Summary
Federal Building Threat Notification Act This bill requires the General Services Administration (GSA) and the Federal Protective Service (FPS) to develop and disseminate emergency communication guidance for building facility security committees to use in life safety events that threaten federal buildings owned and operated by GSA under the protection of FPS. ( Life safety events are events to which first responders deploy.) The guidance must include best practices and protocols relating to (1) procedures to inform building tenants of threats to the building or its occupants, and (2) instructions for safety practices in response to threats or heightened risk to the building or its occupants.
Bill status
- Status
- Passed House
- Sponsor
- Rep. Greg Stanton [D-AZ-4]
- Cosponsors
- 1
- Policy area
- Government Operations and Politics
- Introduced
- 2025-12-04
- Latest action
- 2026-03-25: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Committee referrals
- Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee: Senate · Referred To · 2026-03-25
- Transportation and Infrastructure Committee: House · Reported By · 2026-03-16
- Transportation and Infrastructure Committee: House · Markup By · 2025-12-18
- Transportation and Infrastructure Committee: House · Discharged from · 2025-12-18
- Transportation and Infrastructure Committee: House · Referred To · 2025-12-04
Recent actions
- 2026-03-25: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- 2026-03-24: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2026-03-24: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2649)
- 2026-03-24: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
- 2026-03-24: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6481.