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The bill improves safety and preparedness for federal employees in FPS‑protected buildings through alerts, accountability, and testing, but it creates administrative costs, risks of disruptive false alarms, and potential uneven implementation without specified resources.
Federal employees who work in FPS‑protected buildings will receive timely alerts about nearby violent threats, improving their ability to seek shelter or evacuate.
Designating Facility Security Committee officials for each building creates a clear accountability structure for implementing and maintaining safety protocols.
Periodic testing and the development of guidance will improve preparedness and coordination with law enforcement, likely reducing response times and confusion during incidents.
Agencies and the FPS will incur administrative costs to implement guidance, testing, and designated officials, which may require additional funding or divert resources.
Frequent alerts about threats within roughly 150 feet could cause alarm or disrupt government operations if systems are overly sensitive or produce false positives.
Requiring tenants to be able to 'adequately respond' without specifying resources or standards may produce uneven implementation across agencies and buildings with different capacities.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires FPS to issue SOPs and emergency-communication guidance to notify and prepare tenants for violent threats near FPS‑protected federal buildings and report to Congress within one year.
Introduced July 30, 2025 by Gary C. Peters · Last progress July 30, 2025
Requires the Director of the Federal Protective Service (FPS), working with the Secretary of Homeland Security, to create and oversee emergency-communication guidance and preparedness for law-enforcement–related violent threats at federal tenant-occupied buildings protected by FPS. FPS must issue standard operating procedures and notification protocols, designate Facility Security Committee officials, ensure tenant ability to respond and conduct periodic testing, and electronically report to Congress on implemented practices within one year of enactment. The guidance must cover timely tenant notification of violent threats (including firearm incidents, other weapons threats, terrorism threats, and suspicious devices) occurring within about 150 feet of a building perimeter, include safety instructions for immediate or heightened threats, and identify ongoing support needs to maintain building safety.