Bill > HR919

Introduced Session

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. 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.

Committee Categories

Mike Quigley (D)*,  Don Beyer (D),  Earl Blumenauer (D),  André Carson (D),  Matt Cartwright (D),  Sean Casten (D),  Kathy Castor (D),  David Cicilline (D),  Steve Cohen (D),  Joe Cunningham (D),  Suzan DelBene (D),  Anna Eshoo (D),  Ruben Gallego (D),  Chuy García (D),  Morgan Griffith (R),  Raúl Grijalva (D),  Debra Haaland (D),  Jared Huffman (D),  Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),  Pramila Jayapal (D),  Ann Kuster (D),  Barbara Lee (D),  Andy Levin (D),  Ted Lieu (D),  Zoe Lofgren (D),  Alan Lowenthal (D),  Carolyn Maloney (D),  Betty McCollum (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  Jerry McNerney (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Ilhan Omar (D),  Jimmy Panetta (D),  Jamie Raskin (D),  Cedric Richmond (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  Adam Schiff (D),  Brad Schneider (D),  David Scott (D),  Darren Soto (D),  Haley Stevens (D),  Steve Stivers (R),  Tom Suozzi (D),  Jeff Van Drew (R),  Nydia Velázquez (D),  Frederica Wilson (D),  Lee Zeldin (R), 

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. (on 02/07/2019)

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