3.0.0 791 2023-01-11T13:47:40Z 2023-01-11T13:47:40Z Senate S 2021-03-17 117 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-03-17T18:49:36Z Federal Bird Safe Buildings Act of 2021 117 1986 HR 2021-03-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. Related bill CRS 2021-03-17 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2021-03-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ N S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2022-04-07 False Government Operations and Politics Animal protection and human-animal relationships Birds Building construction Congressional oversight Government buildings, facilities, and property Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Government Operations and Politics 00 2021-03-17 Introduced in Senate 2021-08-02T13:14:33Z 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.

]]> Federal Bird Safe Buildings Act of 2021 Display Title Federal Bird Safe Buildings Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced 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. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Federal Bird Safe Buildings Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s791is/xml/BILLS-117s791is.xml 2021-03-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 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.