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Congress·In Committee·4 months ago

Congress directs Federal Protective Service to tighten oversight and shift tracking for contract guards at federal sites

Also known as: POST Act of 2025

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Key Points

  • Requires the Federal Protective Service to tighten oversight of contract guards at certain federal buildings managed by the government’s buildings agency.
  • Sets rules for collecting and reviewing “secret test” results, including tracking why failures happen and spotting repeat problems across facilities.
  • Pushes contractors to give targeted retraining and performance plans when a guard fails a test, and updates training based on new threats and lessons learned.
  • Orders a review of the guard shift tracking system, with a plan to fix or replace it and to quickly alert building tenants about staffing gaps.
  • Makes clear contract guards are still not federal employees, even with these new oversight and tracking rules.
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Milestones

2 milestones2 actions
Nov 4, 2025Senate

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Nov 4, 2025

Introduced in Senate

What Happens Next

Projected impacts based on AI analysis

Within 180 days after the bill becomes law

Federal Protective Service completes a full evaluation of its contract-guard personnel tracking system

This is the first step toward fixing problems like unreported absences or unclear shift coverage, which can lead to security gaps at building entrances.

Within 180 days after the bill becomes law

Federal Protective Service decides whether to replace the tracking system or fix the current one, and publishes an implementation plan

Building tenants should know what changes are coming and when; it can also speed up improvements to shift coverage reporting.

No later than 1 year after the bill becomes law

Federal Protective Service sets up stronger oversight processes for contract guards, including standardized covert-test data collection

Over time, guard screening and access control may become more consistent across buildings, with fewer repeat failures.

Once the new data process is established; then every 3 months

Quarterly analytical reviews of covert-test data begin

Problems that keep happening (like missed checks) are more likely to be caught and addressed across many facilities, not just one site.

As soon as oversight processes are in place; ongoing thereafter

Mandatory corrective training plans are required for guards who fail covert tests, and Federal Protective Service reviews those plans

Guards who fail a test may be pulled into targeted retraining sooner, which could improve security but also increase work pressure and scheduling changes.

Related News

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FEDweek·about 2 months ago

House Passes Measures on Security, Space Sharing in Federal Buildings

Covers House passage of H.R. 3425 (POST Act) and highlights requirements for FPS covert testing standards, corrective training/performance plans after failures, and evaluation/modernization of the guard shift tracking system.

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Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

POST Act of 2025

Bill NumberS 3100
Congress119th Congress
ChamberSenate
Latest ActionRead twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Sponsor

Cosponsors

(2)
D: 1R: 1

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