# 119-hr-3268: Federal Bird Safe Buildings Act of 2025

119-hr-3268, Federal Bird Safe Buildings Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] (R-VA); status in_committee (as of 2026-06-04).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-3268
- Congress: 119
- Title: Federal Bird Safe Buildings Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-05-08
- Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] (R-VA)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-06-04

## Summary

**Bird-safe public buildings** This bill would direct the General Services Administration to incorporate design features, operational practices, and lighting strategies into federal buildings to cut bird collision deaths. - Federal building managers and agencies would have to use the GSA design guide when constructing, acquiring, or substantially altering a building facade that is more than 50 percent changed. GSA must certify to Congress each year, by October 1, that the guide is used for qualifying buildings. - The design guide would cover steps across design, operation, and maintenance to reduce bird fatalities and would be updated regularly. GSA may draw best practices from federal experts, conservation groups, and green building systems. - The bill requires GSA to send the guide to agencies with independent leasing authority and to report annually on compliance, agency-head building collision assessments where practicable, and recommendations to lower risks. - Explicit exemptions apply to properties listed or eligible for the National Register of Historic Places and to the White House, the Supreme Court building, the United States Capitol, and buildings on Capitol grounds.

## Cosponsors (6)

- Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL), 2025-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ), 2025-08-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2025-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2025-10-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1] (D-NH), 2025-11-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI), 2026-06-02T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Annual bird-safety reports on federal buildings: benefit, low. If enacted, the General Services Administration would certify to Congress each year, by October 1, that it used the bird-safety guide for applicable projects. Acting through the Commissioner of Public Buildings, the agency would gather compliance information. By October 1, it would also report prac…
- Historic and landmark sites get exemptions: benefit, low. If enacted, some places would be exempt from these bird-safety rules. The exemptions cover sites on or eligible for the National Register of Historic Places, the White House, the Supreme Court, and the U.S. Capitol and its grounds. Those sites would not have to follow the guide or add bird-safe fea…
- Bird-safe design rules for federal buildings: mixed, low. If enacted, the General Services Administration (GSA) would have to use bird-safe features when it builds, buys, or heavily alters federal public buildings. The rule would apply when more than 50% of a building’s facade is substantially changed, and only to the extent practicable. GSA would create…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-3268 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3268)

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- [119-hr-452: Miracle on Ice Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-452)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3268 (as of 2026-06-04).