3.0.0 919 2022-11-01T15:17:47Z 2022-11-01T15:17:47Z House HR 2019-01-30 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 19 (Wednesday, January 30, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. QUIGLEY:H.R. 919.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution[Page H1338]]]> hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Referred to 2019-02-07T21:05:19Z Referred to 2019-01-30T14:01:05Z 2019-02-07 hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. Committee 2019-01-30 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 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Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] Pramila Jayapal D WA 7 2020-01-15 False R000606 Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] Jamie Raskin D MD 8 2020-02-11 False Government Operations and Politics Animal protection and human-animal relationships Birds Building construction Government buildings, facilities, and property Lighting, heating, cooling Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Government Operations and Politics 00 2019-01-30 Introduced in House 2020-07-22T13:00:45Z Bird-Safe Buildings Act of 2019

This bill requires each public building constructed, acquired, or of which more than 50% of the facade is substantially altered by the General Services Administration (GSA) to meet the following standards:
  • at least 90% of the exposed facade material from ground level to 40 feet shall not be composed of glass or shall be composed of glass which employs any combination of the methods of modification described in this bill;
  • at least 60% of the exposed facade material above 40 feet shall meet such modified glass standard;
  • there shall not be any transparent passageways or corners;
  • all glass adjacent to atria or courtyards containing water features, plants, and other materials attractive to birds shall meet the standard; and
  • outside lighting shall be appropriately shielded and minimized subject to security and other mission related requirements.

The GSA must (1) ensure that actual bird mortality is monitored at each public building; and (2) reduce exterior building and site lighting for each public building, where practicable and consistent with the requirements for outside lighting.

The bill exempts from these requirements buildings and sites listed or eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places, the White House and its grounds, the Supreme Court building and its grounds, and the U.S. Capitol and its related buildings and grounds.

]]> Bird-Safe Buildings Act of 2019 Display Title Bird-Safe Buildings Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Bird-Safe Buildings Act of 2019 Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced To amend title 40, United States Code, to direct the Administrator of General Services to incorporate bird-safe building materials and design features into public buildings, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr919ih/xml/BILLS-116hr919ih.xml 2019-02-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.