The record

LegislationLegislation· Dec 2024
S 3613 Signed into law

Sponsored by Gary C. Peters (D)

Improving Federal Building Security Act of 2024

Requires building committees to answer federal security warnings within 90 days.

Tradeoff

Requires committees to explain any rejected security fix and the risk it leaves. Adds no new federal money, and the law ends five years after enactment.

What's in it

See official bill text
S. 3613, Improving Federal Building Security Act of 2024www.cbo.gov/publication/59982 · Feb 2024

The Senate passed this by on March 23, 2024. The House passed it 410-6 on December 10, 2024. The bill became law, with its final action on December 17, 2024.

  1. Senate

    Introduced

    (Jan 18, 2024)

  2. Senate

    Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs(Jan 18, 2024)

  3. Senate

    The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs voted to send it to the floor

    Reported(Jan 31, 2024)

    Committee report S. Rept. 118-160.

  4. Senate · Amended

    Senator Peters's

    Agreed to by (S.Amdt. 1818 · Mar 23, 2024)

    Requires Facility Security Committees to report financial costs and benefits of security recommendations, and limits the Act to General Services Administration and fee-paying facilities.

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Mar 23, 2024)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  6. House

    Received from the Senate

    Received(Mar 26, 2024)

  7. House

    On Motion to and Pass

    Passed(Roll #496 · Dec 10, 2024)

    410 yeanay 6

  8. House

    Sent to the President

    (Dec 12, 2024)

  9. White House · Signature

    Signed

    Joe Biden (D)

  10. Enacted

    Became law(Dec 17, 2024)

Final passage· Dec 10, 2024· 118th Congress · 2023–2025