Federal Building Security: Oversight of Contract Guards
Also known as: Personnel Oversight and Shift Tracking Act of 2025
Legislative Progress
Key Points
- The Federal Protective Service must create new rules to track how well contract security guards are protecting federal buildings. This includes using secret tests where officials try to bypass security to see if guards catch them and identify any weak spots in building safety.
- Security companies will be required to provide specific retraining for any guard who fails a performance test. The government will also review these training plans to make sure they actually fix the problems found during testing and address new security threats.
- The agency must evaluate its current system for tracking guard shifts and decide whether to replace it with a more reliable platform. This is intended to prevent security gaps caused by guards being absent or missing from their assigned posts.
- Federal agencies that work in these buildings will receive better updates when there are security shortages or coverage gaps. This ensures that people working in federal offices are informed if their building's security is not at full strength.
- The Director of the Federal Protective Service is required to report to Congress every year on how these changes are working and if more laws are needed to keep federal buildings and the people inside them safe.
Milestones
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 402 - 0 (Roll no. 241). (text: CR H3877-3878)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 402 - 0 (Roll no. 241). (text: CR H3877-3878)
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3881-3882)
Vote Results
1 voteOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Source Information
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Personnel Oversight and Shift Tracking Act of 2025
Sponsor
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